Sentences with phrase «cells in a brain region»

Froemke says his team's latest findings reveal that while mammals recognize sounds in the auditory cortex of their brains, the signaling levels of nerve cells in this brain region are simultaneously being strengthened or weakened in response to surrounding context.

Some of these cells lost their star shape and began to form new nerve cells in a brain region responsible for smell.

In other words, compromising the fitness of stem cells in this brain region,» explains Violeta Silva Vargas, the first author of the study.

Cells in this brain region have been shown to send inhibitory signals to cells in the sensory cortex.

Not exact matches

Their brain is divided in regions with different coordinated functions, and it is composed of several hundred thousands of nerve cells (the honey bee has about 800,000).

My counterview proposes that we think of the region of the soul in its relation to the regions of both the brain cells, and the occasions in the interstices of the brain as White - head thinks of the cell in its relation to the molecules and empty spaces within it.

Cobb has already alluded to the applicability of this theory to exegeting Whitehead's organic cosmology, arguing that just as the human soul located in the brain may occupy both the empty space in the interstices and the regions occupied by many cells, analogously the region of God includes the regions comprising the standpoints of all contemporary occasions in the world.

As parents gaze at their newborn; talk gently; use soft, higher - pitched voices; and are positive, warm, and encouraging, their brain's gray matter, or cell bodies, actually grow in the emotion and thought regions that support parenting behaviors.

Adult neural stem cells in the hypothalamus — a brain region that regulates hunger, sleep, body temperature and other activities — appear to orchestrate the body's aging process, they found.

Biologist Ann Cornell - Bell of Viatech Imaging in Ivoryton, Connecticut, put on display star - shaped cells, called astrocytes, from the rat hippocampus, a brain region associated with long - term memory.

«Study could help explain link between seizures and psychiatric disorders: Cells related to seizures, schizophrenia, and ADHD all found in the same region of the brain.»

The main cog in the human biological clock is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a group of nerve cells in a region at the base of the brain called the hypothalamus.

In a new study published in Cell Reports, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamuIn a new study published in Cell Reports, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamuin Cell Reports, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamuin a brain region called the reticular thalamus.

In animal models, the researchers found that using microRNA to disrupt cells in the brain's prefrontal cortex — a region associated with complex planning and decision - making — affected learning and memory later in lifIn animal models, the researchers found that using microRNA to disrupt cells in the brain's prefrontal cortex — a region associated with complex planning and decision - making — affected learning and memory later in lifin the brain's prefrontal cortex — a region associated with complex planning and decision - making — affected learning and memory later in lifin life.

In the hippocampus, a brain region vital for laying down new memories, «stem cells continue to add new circuit elements,» says Stanford University neuroscientist Theo D. Palmer, who helped Monje find out why brain fogginess can persist for years after cancer treatment has ended.

They found such cells in more than 60 percent of the brains and in multiple brain regions.

This handful of brain cells is known as the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, or dmPFC, and it sits in a region integral for learning appropriate social behavior.

The only way the team can be sure they have grown the equivalent of a fetal brain would be to genetically test individual cells from different regions of the organoid, and compare them to those of human fetus, says Christof Koch at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seabrain would be to genetically test individual cells from different regions of the organoid, and compare them to those of human fetus, says Christof Koch at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in SeaBrain Science in Seattle.

The nerve cells involved in this integration process and control of hormonal signals reside in an area of the insect brain known as the mid-Ventral Ganglion (mVG), which in turn communicates with a region of the central brain that is akin to the mammalian hypothalamus.

Also surprising was that while male and female brains did not differ in cell counts in cortical regions, the study identified 11 subcortical areas with gender - specific differences.

Now research in rodents suggests that gut microbes may alter the inventory of microRNAs — molecules that help keep cells in working order by managing protein production — in brain regions involved in controlling anxiety.

Researchers at the Humboldt and Charité Universities in Berlin, led by Dr Julie Seibt from the University of Surrey, used cutting edge techniques to record activity in a particular region of brain cells that is responsible for holding new information — the dendrites.

It found that genes associated with depression are involved in brain cell development, and that there was overlap between these genetic regions and those linked to schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

In this study, Cherqui's team transplanted wildtype HSPCs into an FA mouse model, reporting that the HSPCs engrafted and soon differentiated into macrophages in key regions of the mice's brain and spinal cord where they appeared to transfer wildtype FXN into deficient neurons and muscle cellIn this study, Cherqui's team transplanted wildtype HSPCs into an FA mouse model, reporting that the HSPCs engrafted and soon differentiated into macrophages in key regions of the mice's brain and spinal cord where they appeared to transfer wildtype FXN into deficient neurons and muscle cellin key regions of the mice's brain and spinal cord where they appeared to transfer wildtype FXN into deficient neurons and muscle cells.

In newborn mammals, the SVZ is the biggest depot for the precursor cells that migrate to populate various brain regions, and differentiate into multiple cell types.

A month after H7N7 or H3N2 infection, mice had fewer nerve cell connectors called dendritic spines on cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory.

Lewy bodies are protein deposits that develop in nerve cells in regions of the brain involved in thinking, memory and movement.

Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the death of neurons and other cells in the brain, with different diseases affecting different regions of the brain.

The disease is caused by the accumulation of abnormally shaped α - synuclein proteins in neurons, leading to particularly toxic effects in dopamine - releasing cells located in brain regions that control movement.

The cells were located in the cortex, the brain region that controls attention and planning in humans and other mammals.

Researchers say their findings, published in Annals of Neurology, are «surprising» as the results differ from what has been seen in studies of brain regions that harbor other brain cell - types.

A team of researchers in northern Europe, however, has now combed through three decades of cancer registries and found no increase in the rate of brain tumors in the five to 10 years following widespread cell phone adoption in that region.

But this came from work in my laboratory and others that suggested that nerve cells in affected regions of the Alzheimer brain looked like they were trying to divide.

When a spinal cord injury takes place, extensions of nerve cells from the brainstem — the region of the brain where the command and coordination for urination takes place — become disconnected from cells in the spinal cord that control the muscles that squeeze or relax the bladder and open and close the urethra.

In May researchers at McGill University reported that the gene responsible for creating cells» protein - building machinery is more frequently methylated in the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for short - term memory and spatial navigation — of depressed suicide victims who suffered child abuse than in the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abuseIn May researchers at McGill University reported that the gene responsible for creating cells» protein - building machinery is more frequently methylated in the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for short - term memory and spatial navigation — of depressed suicide victims who suffered child abuse than in the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abusein the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for short - term memory and spatial navigation — of depressed suicide victims who suffered child abuse than in the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abusein the brains of nonsuicide victims who were not abused.

We not only introduced the gene into specific brain regions of the mouse, but we could also direct it to specific cell types to test which ones played a role in regulating sociability.»

And researchers must figure out how to build in some core features: the necessary blood vessels, immune - system cells called microglia and connections from other brain regions, such as the thalamus and cerebellum.

Florescent cells in the prelimbic prefrontal cortex brain regions, with inset of cells in olfactory brain regions that project to the prelimbic prefrontal area.

You can imagine how quickly that could multiply in a region of the brain where you've got millions of cells interacting.»

Cell Phones Alter Brain Metabolism: A 50 - minute phone call boosts metabolism in the brain regions closest to the antenna, including areas involved in language, decision making, and emotional procesBrain Metabolism: A 50 - minute phone call boosts metabolism in the brain regions closest to the antenna, including areas involved in language, decision making, and emotional procesbrain regions closest to the antenna, including areas involved in language, decision making, and emotional processing.

In the final experiment, the researchers followed the PBelCGRP neurons» long - reaching branches (called axons) to the cells they connect with in other regions of the braiIn the final experiment, the researchers followed the PBelCGRP neurons» long - reaching branches (called axons) to the cells they connect with in other regions of the braiin other regions of the brain.

In a famous set of experiments in human subjects in 2005, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga found that pictures of actor Jennifer Aniston activated a single brain cell in the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuroIn a famous set of experiments in human subjects in 2005, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga found that pictures of actor Jennifer Aniston activated a single brain cell in the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuroin human subjects in 2005, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga found that pictures of actor Jennifer Aniston activated a single brain cell in the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuroin 2005, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga found that pictures of actor Jennifer Aniston activated a single brain cell in the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuroin the hippocampus region — the so - called Jennifer Aniston neuron.

«Until now, it was not possible to look at how neurotransmitters are transported into cells across large regions of the brain,» says Aviad Hai, a postdoc in the Department of Biological Engineering and first author of a paper describing the technique in today's issue of Neuron.

Though a range of developmental scenarios in multiple brain regions is surely at work in ASDs, the researchers said the ability to place these specific genetic mutations in one specific set of cells — among hundreds of cell types in the brain, and at a specific point in human development — is a critical step in beginning to understand how autism comes about.

At a symposium at The American Society of Human Genetics here last month, they reported zooming in on the genes expressed in a single brain cell, as well as panning out to understand how genes foster connections among far - flung brain regions.

In vertebrates, a master clock is located in the awesome - sounding suprachiasmatic nucleus, a tiny region of brain cells in the hypothalamuIn vertebrates, a master clock is located in the awesome - sounding suprachiasmatic nucleus, a tiny region of brain cells in the hypothalamuin the awesome - sounding suprachiasmatic nucleus, a tiny region of brain cells in the hypothalamuin the hypothalamus.

In addition, the two genes are turned on in areas that are part of the cortico - striatal - thalamo - cortical circuit, a loop of brain cells connecting the cortex to specific regions involved in processing emotions and movemenIn addition, the two genes are turned on in areas that are part of the cortico - striatal - thalamo - cortical circuit, a loop of brain cells connecting the cortex to specific regions involved in processing emotions and movemenin areas that are part of the cortico - striatal - thalamo - cortical circuit, a loop of brain cells connecting the cortex to specific regions involved in processing emotions and movemenin processing emotions and movement.

Instead, neurons known as «head direction» cells are found in many brain regions.

«These observations unmask the relevance of primitive brain regions previously linked to eating to other complex behaviors,» said lead author Marcelo Dietrich, M.D., assistant professor of comparative medicine and neurobiology and a member of the Yale Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism at Yale School of Medicine.

In both humans and flies, dopamine - releasing cells may help coordinate distant brain regions involved in the phenomenon of attentioIn both humans and flies, dopamine - releasing cells may help coordinate distant brain regions involved in the phenomenon of attentioin the phenomenon of attention.