Sentences with phrase «brain wiring during»

The findings are an important clue to help scientists understand how the brain wires itself during development.

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For instance, we now know that the advice during the last century to «Leave your baby to cry and he'll learn to self - soothe» simply isn't true — babies» brains develop the wiring to soothe themselves by being soothed by their parents.

For one thing, recent studies show that cannabinoids manufactured by our own nerve cells play a crucial role in wiring the brain, both prenatally and during adolescence.

The results add to evidence that several major mental illnesses have common roots in faulty «wiring» during early brain development.

Preclinical studies suggest that Cdk5 is a gene that is important for the normal wiring of the brain during early development and may be involved in some neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

The method could also help biologists understand how tissues change subtly during embryonic development — and even help map the maze of neurons that wire the human brain.

The find could yield insights into how the brain gets wired during development.

The goal of the Huberman Lab is to understand how the retinal and brain circuits that underlie vision wire up during development and to develop new strategies to monitor, prevent, and treat retinal ganglion cell loss in glaucoma.

In the Lu laboratory, we aim to elucidate the signaling cascades that establish neural circuit connections during brain development, to understand how sensory experiences and environmental factors affect neural circuit wiring and cognitive behaviors, and to identify novel factors required to maintain the health of neural circuits during aging.

Her research focuses on the signaling cascades underlying neural circuit connections during brain development, to understand how sensory experiences affect neural circuit wiring, and to identify novel factors required to maintain the health of neural circuits during aging.

The Lu lab is interested in how activity - dependent processes during brain development fine - tune the establishment of neural circuits and how neural activity affect neural circuit wiring and cognitive behaviors.

Mirror neurons are cells in the brain that wire us for imitation, and they're especially active during childhood.

It's also possible that super aging has to do with genetics, or with how the brain is wired during childhood, says Barrett, but those likely aren't the only factors at play.

Healthy relationships are good for us because they give the survival - wired brain back - up during times of stress.

Our brains and body are wired to run on carbohydrates, and when you starve them of this basic energy source during a ketogenic diet, powerful cravings arise as a natural defense mechanism.

To help students learn to maintain focused attention, we can guide them to wire their brains for staying the course even during times of emotional upheaval, remaining level - headed, and riding the emotional waves of life.

Sex is a brain - wiring moment — what happens when partners» minds meet during sex?