Sentences with phrase «control circuits in the brain»

Optogenetics also may provide an improved understanding of Parkinson's disease, which involves haywire processing in certain motor - control circuits in the brain.

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Dr. Saper's research has explored circuitry of the brain that controls basic functions such as wake - sleep cycles, feeding, and immune response, and how these circuits are disrupted in neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, in sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea, and during aging.

Correspondingly, they found that neural circuits in the brain that contribute significantly to the control of anxiety and social interactions were significantly affected in the immune - activated mice.

Today, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announce the discovery of a new neural circuit in the brain that directly links the site of fear memory with an area of the brainstem that controls behavior.

A team of CSHL scientists have discovered a new neural circuit in the brain that directly links the site of fear memory with an area of the brainstem that controls behavior.

This pruning changes the relative density of receptors in the circuit linking the area of the brain involved with processing rewards (the basal ganglia) and the area of the brain implicated in inhibition and control (the prefrontal cortex).

And when people respond well to placebos, they show stronger activation in brain circuits that control pain compared with those who are less susceptible to the placebo response.

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A new study by researchers at Roche in Basel, Switzerland has identified a key brain region of the neural circuit that controls social behavior.

But «the circuits in the brain that control gaze direction affect how the brain processes auditory information.»

By combining super-fine electrodes and tiny amounts of a very specific drug, Duke University researchers have singled out a circuit in mouse brains and taken control of it to dial an animal's mood up and down.

By combining super-fine electrodes and tiny amounts of a very specific drug, researchers have singled out a circuit in mouse brains and taken control of it to dial an animal's mood up and down.

Functional loss of limb control in individuals with spinal cord injury or stroke can be caused by interruption of the neural pathways between brain and spinal cord, although the neural circuits located above and below the lesion remain functional.

The experiment, Dulac adds, implies that the neuronal circuits for «male» behavior exist in the brains of female mice and that the animals» VNO, by sensing pheromones, controls which sexual behavior repertoire is expressed.

«To understand and address the causes of speech disorders requires a fundamental understanding of the brain circuits and computations involved in learning and controlling speech,» said Dr. Roberts, a Thomas O. Hicks Scholar in Medical Research.

The technique is currently used to target the brain circuits involved in Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and tremors, where it has been shown to be highly effective in controlling symptoms.

Second, they showed increased activation of executive «self - control» circuits in the brain, perhaps making them more effective in resisting temptations.

This study, led by Garret D. Stuber, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and cell biology & physiology, and Jenna A. McHenry, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in Stuber's lab, identified a hormone - sensitive circuit in the brain that controls social motivation in female mice.

The finding of the region associated with impulse control may one day identify brain circuits involved in addiction as well as attention deficit and personality disorders

Based on their data, Card and von Reyn propose that a looming stimulus first activates a circuit in the brain that initiates a slow escape, beginning with a controlled lift of the wings.

Sripada and colleagues suggest that methylphenidate may help to boost performance of the specific circuits in the brain's prefrontal cortex that are normally compromised after sustained exertion of self - control.

Amita Sehgal, PhD, a professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, describes in Cell a circuit in the brain of fruit flies that controls their daily, rhythmic behavior of rest and activity.

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.

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.

Challenges stem from the kinetic nature and mechanical softness of brain tissue, tissue responses to implanted foreign bodies as well as our limited ability to control neural circuits and regenerative processes in situ.

I study the gonadal steroid regulation of neural circuits that control reproductive behavior, and the physiology and function of steroids made in the brain (neurosteroids).

Whole - brain connectivity approaches have also provided evidence of hypo - connectivity of social processing - related brain circuits in adolescents with ASD (Gotts et al., 2012), though a recent systematic investigation using both ROI - based and ICA - based analytic approaches found very few examples of functional hypo - connectivity in adults with ASD compared with age - matched control participants (Tyszka et al., 2013).

«The circuits in the brain that control movement also control motivation,» explained Kreitzer, who is the director of the neuroscience graduate program at UCSF.

The circuit in your robot will control two vibrating motors, which is like how an insect's brain controls its muscles.

A powerful brain circuit that responds to rewarding events has just been discovered in a brain region previously associated with controlling reactions to fear and pain.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and Stanford University have shown how key circuits in the brain control movement.

When an individual visualizes an activity such as running, playing piano, or playing a sport, the circuits in our brains that control these activities become activated.

such as running, playing piano, or playing a sport, the circuits in our brains that control these activities become activated.

The research interpretation of the fMRI and cognitive tests is that the ongoing evaluation and selection process in bilingual children exercises brain circuits which regulate attention control and block distraction.