Sentences with phrase «brain centers linked»

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The part of NFL Commissoner Roger Goodell is played by the handsomer of the two Wilson brothers, and the movie centers around the fact that Goodell allegedly tried to downplay and discredit Omalus research despite the fact that there is just no scientific reason to beileve that there is a link between brain injuries and the lingering effects of those brain injuries.

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In most cases of spinal cord injury, the loss of this link from the brain to the locomotion center causes problems with walking.

The study links fox domestication to changes in gene activity in the pituitary gland, a brain center that kicks out hormones to regulate various bodily functions, including the stress response.

A volume decrease in specific parts of the brain's hippocampus — long identified as a hub of mood and memory processing — was linked to bipolar disorder in a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

The link became firmer after computerized tomography scans of alcoholic people revealed shrinkage in the hippocampus, a brain center that tags information for storage as memories.

For instance, 336 links begin at the main vision center of the brain.

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence out there claiming a link between cell phone use and cancer: Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, says that the brain cancer (malignant glioma) that killed O. J. Simpson's attorney, Johnnie Cochran, was the result of frequent cell phone use, based on the fact that the tumor developed on the side of the head against which he held his phone.

«As opposed to the normal process of gradually linking up different centers in the brain after a stimulus, chronic pain patients have conditions that predispose them to linking up in an abrupt, explosive manner,» says first author UnCheol Lee, Ph.D., a physicist and assistant professor of anesthesiology at Michigan Medicine.

«We were able to show that structural changes occur in brain areas linked to self control and emotion regulation,» says Annette Brühl, head physician at the Center for Depression, Anxiety Disorders and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich (PUK).

Surprisingly, methamphetamine addicts» brains were about 10 percent larger than normal brains, apparently due to inflammation of the brain's white matter — the nerve cells that link the different thinking centers of the organ.

«Previous research has shown a strong link between moderate to severe traumatic brain injury and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease but the research on mild traumatic brain injury has not been conclusive,» said senior study author Kristine Yaffe, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

Led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the findings suggest that brain networks — the interconnected pathways that link brain circuits to one another — can help guide site selection for brain stimulation therapies.

«The discovery several years ago of this mutation — the most common one linked to ALS and FTD — was really a game changer for the field because it wasn't a typical genetic mutation,» says Jeffrey Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neurology and director of the Brain Science Institute and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A new model for post-integration latency in macroglial cells to study HIV - 1 reservoirs of the brain, AIDS, DOI: 10.1097 / QAD.0000000000000691 Link to the original publication As German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München pursues the goal of developing personalized medical approaches for the prevention and therapy of major common diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lung diseases.

They've linked cameras to electrodes implanted in the visual centers of blind people's brains.

The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center is a multidisciplinary group that has forged links between researchers and clinicians to uncover the causes of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other age - related brain diseases and discover ways to prevent and cure these diseBrain at Columbia University Medical Center is a multidisciplinary group that has forged links between researchers and clinicians to uncover the causes of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other age - related brain diseases and discover ways to prevent and cure these disebrain diseases and discover ways to prevent and cure these diseases.

A new study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers strongly supports the latter, demonstrating that abnormal tau protein, a key feature of the neurofibrillary tangles seen in the brains of those with Alzheimer's, propagates along linked brain circuits, «jumping» from neuron to neuron.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

Two Gene Mutations Linked to Most Common Brain Cancers Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center linked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, to nearly three - quarters of several of the most common types of brain cancers known as glLinked to Most Common Brain Cancers Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center linked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, to nearly three - quarters of several of the most common types of brain cancers known as gliBrain Cancers Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center linked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, to nearly three - quarters of several of the most common types of brain cancers known as gllinked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, to nearly three - quarters of several of the most common types of brain cancers known as glibrain cancers known as gliomas.

Called the Center for Epigenomics of the Mouse Brain Atlas (CEMBA), the project involves collecting information from more than 100 regions of the mouse brain, and linking them to features believed to be common to mammalian nervous systems in genBrain Atlas (CEMBA), the project involves collecting information from more than 100 regions of the mouse brain, and linking them to features believed to be common to mammalian nervous systems in genbrain, and linking them to features believed to be common to mammalian nervous systems in general.

Your brain's muscular coordination center is linked to executive function — a set of mental skills that helps you manage time and get things done.

Your olfactory system is directly linked to the emotional center in your brain — so when you sniff something that brings back a good memory (like pumpkin pie) or makes you feel excited and full of anticipation (such as the smell of sunscreen), your body releases feel - good, relaxing chemicals that can set the stage for great sleep.

If you've been here before, you know that your brain and belly are inextricably linked: your enteric nervous system (or ENS — the scientific term for your second brain) is made up of 100 million nerve cells in the walls of your digestive system, forming a «brain in the belly» that actively communicates with the 3 - pound dome atop our necks (the ultimate command center for the nervous system).

High cortisol has even been associated with loss of cognitive function, as research has linked excess amounts of cortisol to shrinking of the hippocampus — the center of memory in the brain.

«The link between insulin resistance and brain dysfunction is now irrefutable,» says Dr. Steven Masley, a clinical professor at the University of South Florida and head of the Masley Optimal Health Center.

Smell is the only one of the five senses directly linked to the limbic lobe of the brain (the emotional control center).

In the Dogsaholic article, it was stated, «The other study, which was completed at Emory University in Atlanta, came to the conclusion that dogs do indeed love us; the neuroscientist who completed the study with his own adopted dog found that when dogs were presented certain smells (specifically — the sweat of their owner), the area in the brain linked to the «reward» center lit up.

A spine injury involves the spinal cord: the communication center that links the body to the brain and enables you to move your limbs and complete various bodily functions.

Center on the Developing Child Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2017) Publishes and links to research on early brain development, learning, and behavior and how to apply that knowledge to policies and practices.