Sentences with phrase «brain structure called»

This past summer, along with Roy and other colleagues, he reported that — contrary to neuroscience dogma — the neural circuit in the brain structure called the hippocampus that makes a particular memory is not the same circuit that recalls the memory later.

The researchers discovered that social contact increased production of anandamide in a brain structure called the nucleus accumbens, which triggered cannabinoid receptors there to reinforce the pleasure of socialization.

Dart argued that a brain structure called the lunate sulcus had been thrust back into a human position and that parts of the brain linked with higher cognitive functions had expanded.

Researchers showed that limiting the supply or the function of the neuromodulator adenosine in a brain structure called the auditory thalamus preserved the ability of adult mice to learn from passive exposure to sound much as young children learn from the soundscape of their world.

Because of this different anatomy, many scientists proposed that the bird DVR does not correspond to the mammalian cortex but is instead analogous to another mammalian brain structure called the amygdala.

Not exact matches

Deep in your brain lies a small almond - shaped structure called the Amygdala.

It strengthens the structure in the middle of the brain called the Corpus Callosum (learn more here) and is a huge part of babies being able to learn to crawl.

Studying mice, investigators from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that a specific energy source called NAD is important in cells responsible for maintaining the overall structure of the brain and for performing complex cognitive functions.

The signals are received in a structure at the base of the brain called the hypothalamus.

Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist who has spent many years studying brain functions, has collaborated with renowned Oxford University polymath Roger Penrose on a model that explains consciousness as the result of quantum processes occurring in tiny structures called microtubules in brain cells.

BRAIN CANDY A new database offers a deep look at living human nerve cells, revealing elaborate branching structures and myriad shapes, such as in this neuron called a pyramidal cell (cell image, left and 3 - D computer reconstruction, right).

This brain structure does not exist in birds; instead, complex mental tasks are managed by the so - called pallium.

Previous research has shown that when people sleep, the thalamus — a brain structure that connects the high - level thought areas with the sights and sounds of the outside world — produces brief, high - frequency brain waves called spindles.

They use a special type of neural network called a «deep neural network» to do the processing — so named because its learning is performed through a deep layered structure inspired by the human brain.

Using a technique called optogenetics, the researchers blocked a brain oscillation called theta waves in the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in memory, during REM sleep.

Likely so, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center who have shown that a small region within the amygdala, an almond - shaped structure in the brains of all mammals, is responsible for producing emotional calls and sounds.

Last year, the same researchers showed that the trigger came from cells in a structure in the embryonic brain called the floor plate, which dopamine cells brush past while migrating to their eventual home in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra.

The hippocampus is a structure near the base of the brain in a region called the medial temporal lobe.

A small, almond - shaped structure called the amygdala, located deep within the brain (yellow in image above), plays a key role, but exactly what it responds to is unclear.

Sometimes called the reptilian brain because its basic structure dates back to our reptile ancestors, the brain stem is largely devoted to our most primal instincts, far removed from the complex, higher - brain skills that allow us to understand humor.

Obese adolescent girls, Stice found, showed greater activation compared with their lean peers in regions of the brain that encode the sensory experience of eating food — the so - called gustatory cortex and the somatosensory regions, archipelagoes of neurons that reach across different structures in the brain.

Amygdalae Sometimes called the body's «emotional thermostat,» these two structures are deep in the brain, one on each side.

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.

Between the brain's neurons and glial cells is a critical but understudied structure that's been called neuroscience's final frontier: the extracellular space.

Bees don't have the brain structure, called the hippocampus, thought to store the spatial memories underlying mental maps in humans.

Using a technology called VAST, which can automatically label individual neurons, glia, and blood vessels different colors, as well as smaller structures such as dendrites and mitochondria, the researchers analyzed the contents of three cylindrical chunks of brain tissue, each no bigger than grains of salt.

In order for a cancer cell to enter the brain, it must first bind to the cells which line the structure separating the blood from the brain which is called the blood - brain barrier (BBB).

To do this they will combine several imaging tools including something called diffusion MRI, which maps the structure of the white matter that insulates the «wires» of the brain, and also resting - state MRI, which measures how brain regions oscillate in unison as a result of shared connections.

They employed an advanced microscopic technique called in vivo two - photon imaging that allows the analysis of structures as small as a thousandth of a millimetre in the living brain.

Scientists call this drop, which takes place directly over the left temple, the «left anterior negativity» and see it as a sign the brain is struggling to make sense of a sentence with a scrambled structure.

To understand the mechanism behind this, the researchers measured how darkness affects levels of a protein, called NF - L, that helps stabilize the shape and structure of neurons in the brain.

Such a mechanism — called the Multisensory Correlation Detector — monitors the senses and looks for similarity (correlation) across visual and auditory signals: if the stimuli have a similar temporal structure, the brain concludes that they belong together, and integrates the stimuli.

An MRI found the cause: A small area of scar tissue in a structure of the brain called the hippocampus.

Spindles come from a structure of the brain called thalamic reticular nucleus and spike around 7 - 15 per second.

In both primates and rodents, messages from the two eyes enters the brain through a small structure called the lateral geniculate nucleus or LGN, which is made of slivers of nerve cells, arranged like sponge in a layer cake.

For example, in 2012, Berman and colleagues reported on how genetic variation shapes the structure and function of a brain area called the Insula in the autism - related disorder Williams Syndrome.

When humans are torn between paying attention to two different things, it triggers a «conflict» circuit in a brain region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) which is part of a larger brain structure controlling rational thought and emotions.

Working independently, three teams of researchers have developed a clear picture of the structure and mechanism of the misshapen, threadlike proteins — called prions in their infectious form — that are the hallmarks of mad cow disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and 19 other brain - wasting diseases.

Monkeys typically find other monkeys impossible to ignore, and this experiment was no exception: the monkeys often failed at the reward task because they looked at the faces, especially if the faces depicted emotion.When humans are torn between paying attention to two different things, it triggers a «conflict» circuit in a brain region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) which is part of a larger brain structure controlling rational thought and emotions.Using a tiny sensor implanted in the dACCs of the monkeys, Platt's group was able to measure the electrical activity of single neurons.

Scientists believe that a seahorse - shaped structure in the brain called the hippocampus helps us transform our memories from short - to long - term.

The main themes — what the scientists call «syllables» — are composed by the higher structures, but the individual notes get filled in by the lower brain regions.

Neurons, the main communicators, form connections with other neurons via structures called dendrites, which receive the incoming electrical signals used to communicate information within and beyond the brain, and axons that pass along the message to the next cell across synapses, the gaps between cells.

Previous research by Dixson and others has shown that as water becomes more acidic, it begins to interfere with a structure — called a receptor — on cells in a fish's brain.

Visualization works its magic by addressing the very core of your stress, a structure in your brain called the amygdala.

Just as your brain influences your interpretation of the world, your world physically influences the structure of your brain through a process called experience - dependent neuroplasticity.

A structure in the brain called the hypothalamus produces corticotropin - releasing hormone, which suppresses appetite.

The modern understanding of the brain is that rather than being a static structure (which is what I was taught in medical school), this organ is constantly remodeling itself, a phenomenon scientists call neuroplasticity.

This instantaneous reaction, the classic flight - fight - freeze response, is caused by a pair of almond shaped structures in the brain called the amygdala.

Likewise, negative emotions are seated in an ancient structure of the brain called the amygdala.

Melatonin is a hormone produced in a small structure adjacent to the brain called the pineal body as well as in other areas of the body.