Sentences with phrase «brain connection into»

Severance says they plan to take their studies of the gut - brain connection into mouse models to test for a cause - and effect - relationship with Candida and memory deficits.

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That misses the point of what a post-PC world is — it's a future where computing is made invisible and divided into different devices in different situations (until we get that direct brain - internet connection, that is).

because the stress hormones that are released from distressed crying, destroy nerve connections in critical portions of an infant's developing brain and if repeated, can alter their brain structure and responses to stress into adulthood.

The gaps help to regulate signaling in the brain, and the bridges are the «connection across a synapse [that] is the release key that fits into a very specific lock to initiate the next step.»

However, we use optogenetics to systematically stimulate certain unaffected areas of the brain so that they sprout connections into the damaged hemisphere in order to assume its functions.»

The researchers caution that their findings, described online on May 4 in npj Schizophrenia — a new publication from Nature Publishing Group — do not establish a cause - and - effect relationship between mental illness and yeast infections but may support a more detailed examination into the role of lifestyle, immune system weaknesses and gut - brain connections as contributing factors to the risk of psychiatric disorders and memory impairment.

But if you're in a relaxed, cheerful mood, your brain is likely to enter into a creative, exploratory state, seeking out new connections and new experiences in your environment.

As if all this weren't enough, the system transmitted the predictions over a high - speed Internet connection to Kyoto, Japan, and into the actuators of a robot named CB - 1 (for Computational Brain), which was designed to have a remarkably humanlike range of motion.

«These studies are a window into the brain - body connection,» says Poldrack.

«Now that we have greater insights into the connection between the brain and speech, we can begin to develop new ways to aid those trying to regain the ability to speak after a stroke or injuries resulting in brain damage,» observes Pesaran.

When abnormalities are detected, a machine therapy called transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) can send into the brain magnetic pulses powerful enough to shift and rewire those connections so their function is improved.

Second, there is the supposition that copying your brain's connectome — the diagram of its neural connections — uploading it into a computer (as some scientists suggest) or resurrecting your physical self in an afterlife (as many religions envision) will result in you waking up as if from a long sleep either in a lab or in heaven.

Ironically, Science Connection boasts no special insight into the science of human reproduction, unlike services such as eHarmony, which claims to have «a scientific approach to match highly compatible singles,» using a system based on «29 Key Dimensions of Compatibility,» or Chemistry.com, which professes an understanding of core aspects of personality, «even down to the level of brain chemistry.»

Slumber is known to improve recall in creatures from fruit flies to humans, and the reigning theory among neuroscientists has been that the waves of brain activity during deep sleep reactivate neurons that were triggered during the day, strengthening neuronal connections and cementing them into solid memories.

Results from the studies suggest that LSD simultaneously creates hyper - connections across the brain, allowing the functions of seemingly unrelated regions of the organ to ooze into one another.

«By blocking this message, the mutant GlyRS enzyme causes the motor neurons to go into decline and even die, which breaks the connection between the brain and the muscles in the limbs.»

One common medication, loxapine, boosted the number of connections among the cells, providing a window into how the medication might work in the brain.

New research provides an intriguing glimpse into the processes that establish connections between nerve cells in the brain.

«Two brain regions linked to conceptual organization: Using fMRI to watch how subjects process individual experiences into memories, researchers unveil a broader role for how the hippocampus can help make connections.»

The cerebral cortex is the brain's CEO; it regulates higher - order functions such as motor learning and attention through its connections to brain structures such as the dorsal striatum, which is historically divided into just four regions.

«I found this to be a shocking idea; that you could take, in that case, fetal cells and inject them into an organ as complicated as the brain and expect them to make connections,» he said.

According to the release, «the Human Connectome Project (HCP) will yield insight into how brain connections underlie brain function, and will open up new lines of inquiry for human neuroscience.»

We are now able to look into the brain of an animal and see how nerve cell connections are made or broken, and how that relates to learning or other adaptive changes.

Some of the injected cells grow into mature neurons and form connections with other neurons in the brain, suggesting the injected cells are functional.

It would be fascinating if you could look into an intact brain with those new technologies and see how new connections are being made while an animal learns something.

The stem cells must be safely implanted into the correct site within the eye and, in order to be functional, must establish working connections with specific parts of the brain.

Replacing rods and cones is challenging, because these cells have to establish connections with nerve fibers that feed signals into the optic nerve, which sends those signals to the brain to interpret.

Describing the brain as a big circuit board in which each new experience creates a new circuit, Hopkins neuroscience professor Richard Huganir, Ph.D. says that he and his team found that during emotional peaks, the hormone norepinephrine dramatically sensitizes synapses - the site where nerve cells make an electro - chemical connection - to enhance the sculpting of a memory into the big board.

Replacing brain cells using stem cells from embryos was tried before but didn't work well, probably because we didn't understand how to look after the cells, nurture them to become neurons and get them to make the right connections when transplanted into HD brain.

The anterograde (forward) tracing results of retinal projections in the garden warbler demonstrated virtually identical connections between the eye and the brain as known from other lateral - eyed bird species [e.g. 15]--[18]: fibers either projected onto the contralateral optic tectum (part of the tectofugal system), to the nucleus of the basal optic root (part of the accessory pathway)(data not shown) or curved into the thalamus innervating the dorsal geniculate complex (Gld, for details, see Fig. 1C, 2A, D).

This means we can now draw a direct connection between the amount of serotonin in your brain and the amount of fat your body is converting into energy.

The gut - brain connection becomes all too real here by turning leaky gut into «leaky brain.»

The InnerBalance monitor offers a window into the connection between the heart and the brain.

As a result of this and other research databases, insights into specific body functions and their connections to health and the brain have also been confirmed.

And while we still have a lot to learn about the connection between psychopathy and the brain, this gives us valuable insight into mental health and how we can better treat people with personality disorders by getting more specific when it comes to the brain.

When we sense a loss of connection, the brain goes into fear of rejection and / or abandonment mode.

So is Match.com's dominance of the online dating market deserved or is it merely the result of a huge marketing budget that ensures everyone with or without an Internet connection has the domain name etched into their brain?

The messiness of turning this into a collaborative project - based unit caused the kids» brains to look for more connections than we had expected.

We are definitely making progress in terms of incorporating social and emotional learning into the classroom, integrating technology, learning from recent research on the brain, and recognizing the importance of the school - family connection to better prepare our students for today's world.

The connection, wherever it was in his brain, had been snuffed out, perhaps never to spark again, and the self - awareness that had erupted momentarily into his consciousness was gone.

More specifically, the Eustachian tube can serve as a connection to the middle and inner ear, and from there entry into the brain is a possibility.

It means reaching into your network, finding connections (friends, friends - of - friends, friends - of - your - relatives» - friends... you get the idea) that are in your target field of work, and asking them out for a cup of coffee or a phone chat to pick their brain.

This science has progressed to the point where we can not only help a couple move into satisfaction, but build the kind of secure connection where simply holding a partner's hand calms your brain and lessens pain, even in the face of the threat of electric shock.

Neuropsychologists may fill a number of roles, but they almost always do some variety of research into the connection between the brain and psychological states.

Intentionally engaging the brainstem through movement, music, and play provides valuable practice coming back into a regulated state from a dysregulated state, deepens connection and attunement between therapist and client, models for the parent how to help their child through dysregulation, brings high level brain functions back online, and enhances learning.

In only 20 or so hours, we were able to show them how to move into the kind of secure bonds we all dream about and long for — the special, deep connection that our brain codes as crucial to survival.

Based on what we now know about human relationships (attachment theory), how the brain processes information (neuroscience), and the effect of nonjudgmental awareness (mindfulness), much of human suffering can be transformed into psychological growth, leading to personal resilience and a deep connection with others.