Sentences with phrase «during wakefulness»

These fast, low - voltage brain waves resemble the ones that occur during wakefulness.

In our previous work, we found that in the brain of mice as well as in the central nervous system of humans, that the levels of Aβ are regulated by the sleep - wake cycle such that Aβ is higher during wakefulness and lower during sleep.

Subjects felt cooler with the higher airflow velocity during wakefulness and sleep.

His lab is building detailed computer models of synapses and the networks they sustain in order to determine how they collect firing statistics during wakefulness and sleep and when they change synaptic strengths to reflect the difference.

The SWDs during wakefulness may resemble conditions such as «absence seizures» in humans, which are characterized by a brief loss of consciousness, a blank stare, and cessation of movement, and are often confused with inattention or intellectual disability.

«We chose to target neurons that regulate the activity of the hippocampus, a structure that is critical for memory formation during wakefulness and is known as the «GPS system» of the brain,» Williams says.

Data analysis work concentrates on methods to analyze large - scale neurophysiological datasets to demonstrate the footprints of such critical balancing during wakefulness and its absence during loss of consciousness, anesthesia, epilepsy, and normal sleep.

Researchers think that this build - up of adenosine during wakefulness may promote the drive to sleep.

«Moreover, it might be even used to enhance other brain rhythms with obvious functional significance — like rhythms that occur during wakefulness and are involved in the regulation of attention,» says Dr. Born.

When they occurred during wakefulness, they were accompanied by complete behavioral arrest — a period of no movement throughout the body — and immediately followed by recovery of normal brain activity and movement.

During sleep, toxins that build up in the brain throughout the day called beta amyloid are cleared at a rate 10 times greater than during wakefulness.