Sentences with phrase «brain mechanisms involved»
It is also possible that sleep loss alters brain mechanisms involved in nonhomeostatic food intake (e.g., mood, comfort, reduced eating restraint).
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«We believe that signals carried by the VOF play a role in many perceptual processes, from recognizing a friend's face to rapidly reading a page of text,» said Yeatman, who is now studying brain mechanisms involved in learning to read.
«It's possible that there are common underlying brain mechanisms involved in both recovery from TBI and improvement in sleep,» said Gosselin.
Neurobiological models of self - control usually focus on brain mechanisms involved in impulse control and emotion regulation.
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Seeking additional insight into similar mechanisms at work in other centers of the brain, Donato and his team discovered that the signal to develop one area known to be involved in more abstract functions, including memory and navigation, originated from deep within the brain, in a specific population of neurons that kicks off the maturation of an entire neural network.
By pairing a receptor that targets neurons with a molecule that degrades the main component of Alzheimer's plaques, the biologists were able to substantially dissolve these plaques in mice brains and human brain tissue, offering a potential mechanism for treating the debilitating disease, as well as other conditions that involve either the brain or the eyes.
He added Huntington's is one of many neurodegenerative diseases in which unusual protein deposition occurs in the brain, suggesting similar biochemical mechanisms may be involved.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham report the discovery of a novel mechanism in the brain involved in the formation of memory and learning.
The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Alon Chen, together with his then PhD student Dr. Orna Issler, investigated the molecular mechanisms of the brain's serotonin system, which, when misregulated, is involved in depression and anxiety disorders.
And we now know that it is the same epigenetic mechanisms that occur in brain as occur in liver, just involving, only the specifics differ — brain genes in brain, liver genes in liver.
The determination of the mechanisms in the brain that are not only involved in decisions requiring self - control but that are also used in general decisions could open new points of interaction for therapies.
«They've used these natural mechanisms to make the vesicles [polymersomes] mobile, and the delivery rate of the vesicles into the brain is astounding,» says William Banks, a professor of internal medicine at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the research.
The team demonstrated that GPR158 affects key signaling pathways involved in mood regulation in the region of the brain called prefrontal cortex, though the researchers emphasized that the exact mechanisms remain to be established.
It's because the brain mechanism that controls whether we remember or forget things when we are awake is involved.
This reminiscence can't help but invoke Roger Penrose's notion that the experience of «getting» a mathematical proof involves extraordinary neurological mechanisms — according to him, a quantum computation going on within the brain.
«In a nutshell: Walnuts activate brain region involved in appetite control: First - of - its - kind study reveals mechanism of walnuts» documented ability to decrease hunger.»
A different possible mechanism, proposed by Juan Salinas, a lecturer specializing in the neuropharmacology of learning and memory at the University of Texas at Austin, resembles the neurobiological hypothesis, given that ADHD involves a dysfunctional release of dopamine in the brain.
«We believe that TTS is a classic example of an intertwined feedback mechanism, involving the psychological and / or physical stimuli, the brain and the cardiovascular system.
On the other hand, the mere brain amyloidosis in Alzheimer's disease involves several mechanisms and it is unlikely that a single cocktail of nutrients will provide an optimal outcome.
«Understanding the principles and mechanisms involved in neuronal homeostasis may lead to new approaches in the treatment of these and other brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease.»
It «gets to a particular [brain] mechanism involving a single protein,» thus linking genetics with function, he notes.
Using a series of electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, Park plans to go beyond naming the brain region where magnitude processing takes place to identify the anatomy and function of neural pathways involved in magnitude processing and reveal neural mechanisms that support mathematical thinking.
In the laboratory «Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Control» we study brain circuitry mechanisms for voluntary movement control and sensory processing that involves the arm and hand.
This has given rise to various speculation as to mechanisms involved, focusing on an interaction between the gut and the brain.
Rony Paz, PhD, director of the Lab for Neural Mechanisms of Learning at the Weizmann Institute of Science, added, «The goal for the alliance is to demonstrate how collaboration can accelerate understanding of the mechanisms involved in brain disorders and translate that learning into care advances for patients and their familiMechanisms of Learning at the Weizmann Institute of Science, added, «The goal for the alliance is to demonstrate how collaboration can accelerate understanding of the mechanisms involved in brain disorders and translate that learning into care advances for patients and their familimechanisms involved in brain disorders and translate that learning into care advances for patients and their families.»
Great Expectations: International Collaboration Holds Great Promise for the Future of Psychiatric Care In an unprecedented move, McLean Hospital and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have launched an alliance with the goal of demonstrating how collaboration can accelerate understanding of the mechanisms involved in brain disorders, and translating that learning into care advances for patients and their families.
Moreover, PHENONIM - ICS is involved in European projects presenting a strong impact on human health: Interreg CARDIOGENE (Genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases), GENCODYS (Genetic and epigenetic networks involved in cognitive dysfunctions), AgedBrainSYSBIO (Basic studies of brain aging), as well as projects in partnership with industry: MAGenTA (an Industrial Strategic Innovation project supported by Bpifrance about the treatment of major urogenital diseases) and CanPathPro (H2020 program), to develop a predictive modeling platform of signaling pathways involved in cancers.
«Now that we've identified a new principle for how the interneurons can control plasticity, our study is a first step in better understanding the mechanisms involved in other brain regions as well,» said Kreitzer.
«These results suggest that phytoestrogens can interfere with the normal estrogen feedback mechanisms with respect to release of gonadotropin in the ewe... although most studies into the effects of phytoestrogens have concentrated on changes in the reproductive tract, there are indications that they interfere with the hormone balance between the ovaries and the hypothalamo - adenohypophysical system... ewes on phytoestrogens have shown follicular abnormalities such as numerous small follicles, deficient antrum formation and signs of early atresia... it is possible that the permanent changes brought about by phytoestrogens in the brain are a result of these compounds interacting with estrogen receptors in this tissue, and subsequently influencing the re-synthesis or replenishment of cyto - plasmic estrogen receptors... phytoestrogens can interfere with the delicate feedback mechanisms involved in the release of the gonadotrophins.»
The mechanism by which carbohydrate, including sugars, may affect mood is uncertain, but may involve the synthesis and release of serotonin in the brain.
In addition to providing readymade fuel, the BCAAs participate in increasing your energy by influencing another chemical mechanism which involves the brain.
Furthermore, while these stressors can have a direct impact on the brain, just as often they affect the brain through a more circuitous, systems - based mechanism that involves suboptimal metabolism of factors such as glutamate, norepinephrine, and cortisol plus cardiovascular dysfunction and, because it is so under - appreciated it may be the most notable, gastrointestinal dysfunction.
This involves an important brain - body mechanism called the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal (HPA) axis, which produces various hormones and regulates water and sodium.
I also study the immunological and neurological mechanisms involved in nutrition, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and mind - body therapies, with specific interest in the gut - brain axis in Parkinson's disease.
A novel mechanism involving omega - 3 modulation of cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) and brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is proposed.
What brain mechanisms are involved in this cognitive skill?
Neural activity within brain regions innervated by serotonergic neural pathways, such as the human amygdala, may serve as another likely information processing mechanism involved in the storage and transmission of cultural values of individualism and collectivism.