«This is one of the first studies providing clear evidence showing that
different brain circuitry is involved in different types of depressive behavior with specific symptoms,» said Lim.
Not exact matches
Imaging various sections of white matter from
different angles can help researchers focus on the
brain circuitry important for proper neuron communication.
Imaging various sections of white matter from
different angles can help researchers focus on the underlying
brain circuitry important for proper neuron communication.
«Each area of the
brain is
different with distinct cell types and connectivity, so if we can confirm that one area of
circuitry is more involved in a particular symptom than another, we may eventually be able to treat a depression patient more efficiently than treating everyone the same way.»
A close analysis of the
brain scans revealed vastly
different neural
circuitry behind problems that seem similar on the surface.
«Disturbances to these processes may cause neuronal stem cells to develop into
different types of cells or may cause neurons to migrate to
different locations in the
brain, changing neuronal
circuitry and potentially leading to behavioral disorders like schizophrenia.»
Unfortunately, he says, the fMRIs failed to reveal the inhibitory
circuitry involved; to try to get to the bottom of that, he plans to repeat the study using electroencephalography (EEG), which involves placing many electrodes on a skintight rubber cap placed over a subject's head that allows researchers to observe communication between
different parts of the
brain.
The observation of
different coping mechanisms led the team to probe the animals»
brains, where they discovered that the level of a certain protein in its reward
circuitry determines whether the mice will be traumatized for several weeks or only temporarily down.
The answer may be that their
brains simply don't work the same: Genes, culture, and personal experience have wired their moral
circuitry in
different patterns.
One is about understanding how the function of the
brain circuitry is altered by
different movement - related disease processes, such as stroke and Parkinson's disease.
By encouraging interaction among these initiatives, researchers are learning not just how the myriad cells of the
brain work individually, but how they work in concert to produce behavior — as well as how the neural
circuitry of behavior is modified in response to
different forms of learning.
Remodeling its
circuitry with each new experience — our
brain makes us who we are, enabling us to perceive beauty, teach our children, remember loved ones, react against injustice, learn from history, and imagine a
different future.
It may simply be that effects like this aren't the result of direct selection, but are just byproducts of the fact that the
brain uses the same
circuitry to respond to
different stimuli, so there can be unintended cross-talk between inputs.