Laboratory studies have found that meditation produced changes in
brain circuits involved in regulating emotion, Dr. Davidson said, and may reduce markers of inflammation and stress hormones like cortisol.
These findings, which will be published online Aug. 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help identify important
brain circuits involved in stroke recovery and usher in new clinical therapies for stroke, including the placement of electrical brain - stimulating devices similar to those used for treating Parkinson's disease, chronic pain and epilepsy.
The finding of the region associated with impulse control may one day identify
brain circuits involved in addiction as well as attention deficit and personality disorders
The technique is currently used to target
the brain circuits involved in Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and tremors, where it has been shown to be highly effective in controlling symptoms.
«Our goal was to characterize the development of
brain circuits involved in appetite regulation, using a mouse model for Prader - Willi syndrome.
Even the prefrontal cortex (planning, attention, inhibition, multitasking) and
brain circuits involved in social development have the onset of rapid development in the first 1000 days.
Researchers think some people could possess a trait that predisposes them to addiction, and suspect that
brain circuits involving dopamine may be involved.
Not exact matches
Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms, may help re-set the activity of neural
circuits in the
brain that are
involved in depression
Panksepp saw that human emotions and emotional problems could be explored by studying other mammals — how their
brains generated emotions akin to the anger, sadness and joy that humans describe, what neurons and neural
circuits were
involved.
In addition, fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) allows the delineation of detailed neural
circuits in the
brain involved in complex human behavior.
This implies that different cortical areas, for instance those
involving cognition vs. those
involving perception of sensory stimuli, have evolved to tailor their local
circuits to specific
brain functions.
Psychiatric disorders are in fact
brain disorders that
involve abnormal activity in
brain circuits, so having researchers who understand the
brain in a deep and integrated way is going to be critical for the future, says Thomas Insel, director of the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
This pruning changes the relative density of receptors in the
circuit linking the area of the
brain involved with processing rewards (the basal ganglia) and the area of the
brain implicated in inhibition and control (the prefrontal cortex).
The
circuit incorporates
brain regions
involved in reward and pleasure, leading the authors to consider that social dysfunction may stem from reduced enjoyment in social interaction.
Even more surprisingly, the researchers observed that areas of the
brain, the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra, which participate in the reward
circuit (activated when we love something), were more
involved in people who do not like cheese than in those who do.
Whatever is the goal, I work on that and I think about what types of
brain circuits are going to be
involved and how to most effectively engage them.
When adults learn hierarchical rules, Frank and Collins have combined experimental data with computer models of
brain function to suggest, that the key
circuit involved is a connection between the PFC and another region called the striatum.
In fact, two of the
brain regions in the «hate
circuit» are also thought to be
involved in feelings of love.
Pass it on: Depressed patients may have problems with the function of a
brain circuit thought to be
involved in feelings of hate.
In addition, researchers found that mice exposed to BPA before birth had reduced fiber density and
brain activity in the hypothalamus
circuits involved in regulating energy expenditure.
«To understand and address the causes of speech disorders requires a fundamental understanding of the
brain circuits and computations
involved in learning and controlling speech,» said Dr. Roberts, a Thomas O. Hicks Scholar in Medical Research.
Optogenetics also may provide an improved understanding of Parkinson's disease, which
involves haywire processing in certain motor - control
circuits in the
brain.
In addition, the two genes are turned on in areas that are part of the cortico - striatal - thalamo - cortical
circuit, a loop of
brain cells connecting the cortex to specific regions
involved in processing emotions and movement.
Serge Luquet's team at the «Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative» laboratory (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot) has demonstrated part of the answer: triglycerides, fatty substances from food, may act in our
brains directly on the reward
circuit, the same
circuit that is
involved in drug addiction.
According to Halassa, the new research sets the stage for ever more detailed studies on the complex behavior
involved in how the mammalian
brain pays attention to what's important, and especially how those neural
circuits are broken in cases of attention - deficit diseases, such as ADHD, autism, and schizophrenia.
Witten and her research team performed optogenetic experiments with the mice to isolate precisely which
circuits of the
brain are
involved in social - spatial learning.
Researchers know more about the
brain circuits in the cerebellum,
involved with movement, than in the hippocampus, a locus for initiating the type of factual memories needed for organic chemistry.
To understand the cellular modifications that support learning we have characterized to a great extent a
circuit involved in the formation of olfactory associative memories in the fly
brain.
Alexei Koulakov and colleagues are trying to determine the mathematical rules by which the
brain assembles itself, with particular focus on the formation of sensory
circuits such as those
involved in visual perception and olfaction.
Using genetic tools to turn on and off different parts of the
brain, the scientists were able to identify specific
brain circuits and neurons (
brain cells)
involved in the food coma experience.
Dealing with stress
involves inter-related
brain circuits and hormonal systems.
The researchers found that when the participants» curiosity had been sparked, there was not only increased activity in the hippocampus, which is the region of the
brain involved in the creation of memories, but also in the
brain circuit that is related to reward and pleasure.
DAVIDSON: We know from research that engaging in acts of generosity activates
circuits in the
brain that we know to be
involved in positive emotion, and one of the most powerful ways of activating that circuitry is through prosocial, generous behavior.
We know from research that engaging in acts of generosity activates
circuits in the
brain that we know to be
involved in positive emotion, and one of the most powerful ways of activating that circuitry is through prosocial, generous behavior.
ABSTRACT: Results on
brain imaging studies have led to a better understanding of the neural
circuits involved in social cognition and its implication in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Results on
brain imaging studies have led to a better understanding of the neural
circuits involved in social cognition and its implication in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).