Sentences with phrase «brain communication between»

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The communication between your emotional and rational «brains» is the physical source of emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence requires effective communication between the rational and emotional centers of the brain.

Lately I've begun to thank God for it, this chemical that — if scientists are right, and they aren't even sure — inhibits my overly efficient reuptake of another chemical (serotonin) that somehow facilitates communication between nerve cells in my brain.

You may not be familiar with its name, but it's an essential nutrient that's needed for communication between cells, and supporting healthy brain function.

There may be a physical impairment that prevents your child from correctly forming words or there may be processing problem, which means that your child's internal communication system isn't able to effectively carry a message between the brain the body parts that are used to speak.

You'll also give her brain simultaneous information from the left and right sides of her body, which is great for developing communication between the two sides of her brain.

The changes are associated with less - organized communication between the brain's hemispheres and are comparable to the effects found in previous animal studies.

It's like a small bridge that's not working and so the communication is off between the brain and the rest of them.

Ions such as calcium are important because they affect the release of neurotransmitters, the molecules that mediate communication between brain cells,» said Noebels.

Their brains differed in the activity of over a hundred genes that provide cells with energy, influence chemical communications in the brain and strengthen the connection between nerve cells.

These findings hint that such synchronization lets signals flow easily between two brains, though Leong says that much more research needs to be done before scientists understand synchronization's relevance to babies» communication and learning.

«As a dysfunction in the ability of the brain to regulate the communication of information between brain regions,» Khambhati said, «seizures can be thought of as a traffic flow problem.

This prevents the release of neurotransmitters, cutting off neural communication between muscles and the brain.

Brain - machine systems establish direct communication between the brain and computers or often prosthetics, such as robotic lBrain - machine systems establish direct communication between the brain and computers or often prosthetics, such as robotic lbrain and computers or often prosthetics, such as robotic limbs.

While the effects of the technique are not well - understood, TMS may be able to restore normal connectivity by stimulating neurons to make more connections with each other, thereby enhancing communication between parts of the brain.

Furthermore, the communication between the PFC and cortical regions in the back of the brain was also disrupted.

They used fcMRI to assess communication between brain areas in 130 stroke patients and in 31 people who had not experienced strokes.

Future brain - stimulation techniques could target this bilateral effect in effort to promote communication between the hemispheres and, hopefully, engender healthy cognition throughout the lifespan.

In particular, the dichotic listening tasks track the efficiency communication between the brain's two hemispheres.

To achieve automated control, Brown and colleagues built a brain - machine interface — a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device that typically assists human cognitive, sensory or motor functions.

In the schizophrenics, a little triangular area in the back of the corpus callosum, the central conduit for all communications between the two sides of the brain's cortex, seems swollen — as if nature had grabbed some landmark points and pushed them apart to create a caricature.

Instead of a hand - held controller, a headset is used to create a brain - computer interface — a communication link between the human brain and the computerised device.

MS is an incurable disease in which the insulation around the nerves becomes damaged, disrupting the communication between body and brain.

The synapses in the brain act as key communication points between approximately one hundred billion neurons.

For this study, researchers used resting - state fMRI to examine the connectivity, or communication, between brain areas.

When a nerve snaps, communication between different brain regions is disrupted, just like a damaged circuit in a computer.

This restriction leads to decreased communication between neurons in the brain,» he said.

«The brain's ability to take in visual and sensory information and transform that into physical movements requires communication between the parietal area at the back of the brain and the frontal regions,» explains Sergio.

«But our study found that propofol also disrupts presynaptic mechanisms, probably affecting communication between neurons across the entire brain in a systematic way that differs from just being asleep.

He used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a means of measuring brain activity by detecting blood flow changes inside the brain, to measure differences in the strengths of communications between brain regions.

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging — a technique that monitors brain activity in real time — the Johns Hopkins group found reversing a decision requires ultrafast communication between two specific zones within the prefrontal cortex and another nearby structure called the frontal eye field, an area involved in controlling eye movements and visual awareness.

Caveat: To date, this strategy has only been able to allow better communication between nerve cells in the spinal cord, but there is no evidence of improved communication between those neurons and the brain.

By providing a direct route of communication between the brain and artificial limbs, these arrays record and stimulate neurons in the cerebral cortex.

Previous research has showed that musicians have increased white matter integrity in a specific part of the brain called the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right halves of the brain, enabling communication between the hemispheres.

ADGRL3 encodes the protein latrophilin 3, which regulates communication between brain cells.

Boyden said there is considerable interest in brain regions that are important for learning or addiction — learning gone wrong — with particular attention to small groups of neurons deep in the brain that manufacture dopamine, a chemical transmitter involved in regulating communication between neurons.

Nguyen plans on applying IM - LARIAT technology to a living brain, where she would be able to control synaptic vesicle transmission and communication between neurons.

Further research determined that certain components of the cone snail venom, called conotoxins, targeted voltage-gated calcium channels, which, like sodium channels, handle communication between pain - sensing neurons and the brain.

Participants were screened for risk - taking behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, sexual promiscuity, and physical violence and underwent functional MRI (fMRI) scans to examine communication between brain regions associated with the emotional - regulation network.

A molecule that enables strong communication between our brain and muscles appears to also aid essential communication between our neurons, scientists report.

In earlier research involving fruit flies, Professor Verstreken had already demonstrated that a protein known as «Skywalker» plays a crucial role in maintaining communication between brain cells.

Strong communication between neurons in the brain is an essential process for memory formation.

Researchers led by Nigel Bamford of the University of Washington in Seattle, US, gave mice large doses of methamphetamine, equivalent to those taken by addicts during drug binges, to see how this affected communication between cells in the brain's cortex and those in a region of the brain called the striatum.

«Moreover, there is an active bidirectional communication between the nerve cells and the blood vessels to ensure the proper development and maintenance of an organ as complex as the brain,» reports Carmen Ruiz de Almodóvar.

The injuries crush and sever the long axons of spinal cord nerve cells, blocking communication between the brain and the body and resulting in paralysis below the injury.

Unfortunately, he says, the fMRIs failed to reveal the inhibitory circuitry involved; to try to get to the bottom of that, he plans to repeat the study using electroencephalography (EEG), which involves placing many electrodes on a skintight rubber cap placed over a subject's head that allows researchers to observe communication between different parts of the brain.

Many of our everyday cognitive functions such as learning and memory rely on normal communication between the two regions of the brain - the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.

GABA, short for gamma - aminobutyric acid, is a chemical messenger responsible for communication between cells, especially those in the brain.

This in turn leads to a marked disruption of communication between these brain regions.

They provide the energy needed for communication between brain cells, which is crucial for transmitting stimuli and signals and thus for optimal functioning of the body.