Sentences with phrase «cells in the hippocampus after»

Both the healthy mice and the mice without Narp had three times the number of new cells in the hippocampus after ECT than the mice that were given the sham procedure.

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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.

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.

While the regenerative capability of brain cells, in the hippocampus — the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory — slows down as part of the aging process, the Rutgers scientists determined that the process that occurred after a head injury was related to injury and not age.

«Many neurons — including those in the hippocampus — showed a sudden burst of activity shortly after eye movements in sleep, typically observed when these cells are «busy» processing new images.»

By examining the hippocampus — a portion of the brain associated with the process of learning — after the rats learned to associate a sound with a motor response, scientists found that the new brain cells injected with dye a few weeks earlier were still alive in those that had learned the task while the cells in those who had failed did not survive.

It was already known that a few weeks after an ECT procedure or after taking an effective antidepressant that stem cells in the hippocampus turn on and make more copies of hippocampal neurons.

In contrast, hippocampal engram cells were activated by natural cues on the second day after receiving a foot shock, but not on day 13 — indicating engrams in the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» statIn contrast, hippocampal engram cells were activated by natural cues on the second day after receiving a foot shock, but not on day 13 — indicating engrams in the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» statin the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» state.