Sentences with phrase «complex circuitry»

Complex Circuitry The feline nervous system, like yours, is made up of two components: the central nervous system, which consists of the brain and spinal cord; and the peripheral nervous system, which comprises the cranial, spinal, and other nerves, as well as muscles.

How do neurons in the embryo organize themselves during development into the highly ordered and complex circuitry of the adult brain?

Pasco Rakic has deciphered how neurons in the embryonic brain arrange themselves during development into the highly ordered, densely interconnected, and immensely complex circuitry of the adult cerebral cortex.

At any given instant it can be argued that the cell is in a «state» defined by its components — their concentrations and locations, the interactions between components — that are modulated in space and time, and the complex circuitry — that involves a large number of interacting networks and a snapshot of the dynamical processes — such as gene expression, cell cycle, transport of components, etc..

They found that when Axed function was blocked, injured axons not only maintained their integrity but remained capable of transmitting signals within the brain's complex circuitry for weeks.

No electrical connections to the cylinder are needed, so the size of the memory can be increased without any more complex circuitry.

But scientists were stumped on how to best integrate the cell grafts into the brain's complex circuitry, where they would be more targeted and do the most good.

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That neural circuitry was able to handle other complex matters: keeping track of social relationships, planning for the future, and developing language.

Now, researchers have developed the first diagram of the brain circuitry that enables this complex interplay between the motor system and the auditory system to occur.

Maternal behavior is based on complex neurological circuitry.

He notes that the genetic and environmental influences at play are far more complex in people, but he thinks the study will facilitate further investigation of how early alcohol exposure could alter decision - making circuitry in the brain.

The characteristics of a cancer cell and its circuitry is very complex and results in many changes and mutations that allow the cells to continue to thrive despite cancer treatments,» said Laiho.

«Showing that pleasure and value of music can be changed by the application of TMS is not only an important — and remarkable — demonstration that the circuitry behind these complex responses is now becoming better understood, but it also has possible clinical applications,» says Robert Zatorre, a professor of neurology and neurosurgery and the study's senior author.

Other groups have used multiple color LEDs and complex control circuitry to make lights that turn redder as the power is turned down.

Second, rigid robots require complex mechanisms and electrical circuitries to achieve active actuation and complex modes of motion.

Researchers at the Broad are working to gain a complete understanding of this complex biological circuitry and how it functions in human health and disease.

However, it has been established that the ability of deep - brain stimulation to modify brain functions depends on the application of stimulation at specific sites in the complex neuronal circuitry underlying these functions.2 - 5

My main goals are: a) to unravel the functional and anatomical connectivity of the primate prefrontal cortex circuitry within the framework of complex cognitive tasks, b) to generate tools and techniques that allow manipulating prefrontal cortex function and therefore generate symptoms of mental disorders in behaving non-human primates, and c) to produce interventions (e.g., deep brain stimulation or local / systemic drug delivery) that allow rescuing the generated disease phenotypes.

We address these questions by studying an animal that is capable of complex behavior and yet simple enough to allow systematic genetic manipulation of all parts of the neural circuitry.

John Keane34 argues that «so - called domestic civil societies andthe emerging global civil society are normally linked togetherin complex, cross-boarder patterns of looped and re-looped circuitry».

Riffing off both the aesthetic and conceptual characteristics of technology, artists in Technologism document technology's advancement in a plethora of ways: Ulla Wiggen's intricate paintings of circuit boards from the mid 1960s, see the development of an aesthetic inspired by the complex intersection of electrical wires, connectors and components, working to manipulate and rewire the physicality of technology; some thirty years later, John F. Simon's Art Appliances series of the 1990s uses the circuitry of small LCD screens to disrupt pictures and patterns, recreating them over; in Matte Rochford's video Progressively Degrading Test Pattern 2013, humble VHS tapes are copied and recopied, in a process of metaphysical reduction; while in Joshua Petherick's new work, one technology is employed to record another soon to be superseded, revealing new visual dimensions and the «ghosts in the machine».

I played back some of the discussion with the visitors from China, Australia, Japan and Indonesia, which focused in part on the benefits coming from the explosive expansion of global information networks that feel so virtual during use --- but rely on vastly complex arrays of satellites, circuitry, data banks and large flows of electricity.

All that being said, it does not change the fact that a simple feedback - gain model for sections of the complex amplifier circuitry is still a useful mental model for the process at some level of abstraction, as long as one understands the shortcomings that come from any such simplification.

It's true that LEDs (short for Light - Emitting Diode) can last a very long time, but the circuitry inside of an LED bulb is way more complex than anything ever seen in a light bulb before — especially with dimmable LED bulbs, which require even more circuitry.

Performed a variety of complex technical functions related to the support of engineering activities such as set up, operation, maintenance, modification, circuit testing, calibration and troubleshooting of electronic and electromechanical systems, experimental design circuitry, prototype modes and specialized test equipment.

Larry Young, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University who studies the neurological basis of complex social behaviors, thinks human evolution has harnessed an ancient neural circuit that originally evolved to strengthen the mother - infant bond during breastfeeding, and now uses this brain circuitry to strengthen the bond between couples as well.

Understanding the complex neuro circuitry within the brain and how these circuits contribute to how we perceive the world will help you understand BPD so that you can anticipate triggers avoid emotional escalations, and develop much needed compassion for the pain people with BPD experience.