Sentences with phrase «electrophysiological brain»

«We were able to detect periods of mind wandering through distinctive electrophysiological brain patterns, some of which indicated that the drivers were likely less receptive to external stimuli,» says Baldwin.

The zigs and zags of z's then move wirelessly to a fancy alarm clock, which crunches the electrophysiological brain dump to yield an overall sleep quality score and a graph, below the digital hours and minutes display, of what transpired the night before — whether you were dreaming at 3 a.m. or in a light snooze an hour later.

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It is therefore very probable — and at least demonstrable for the single sections by electrophysiological methods — that a human brain - guided action, which is released by a sensation, is a gapless sequence.

Using electrophysiological measurements, the researchers could identify specific changes in brain patterns when the volunteers were mind wandering.

Building on previous animal and human research, the study identifies an electrophysiological marker for threat in the brain.

My project was in neuroscience, working on a model of epilepsy using electrophysiological recordings from brain slices.

«We have gotten a much sharper view of the brain's electrophysiological activity» using techniques once relegated to science fiction.

Named after the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer it relies on, the Blue Brain Project has started modelling — in every detail — the cellular infrastructure and electrophysiological interactions within the cerebral neocortex, which represents about 80 % of the brain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thoBrain Project has started modelling — in every detail — the cellular infrastructure and electrophysiological interactions within the cerebral neocortex, which represents about 80 % of the brain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thobrain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thought.

They showed significantly higher measurements of specific electrophysiological parameters, known as beta and theta oscillations, in brain regions called the right temporal lobe and bilateral occipital cortex.

These findings were confirmed by two - photon imaging of neurons in the brains of living mice by the lab of collaborator Yi Zuo, PhD, a neuroscientist at UC Santa Cruz, as well as electrophysiological recordings from neurons in brain slices by the lab of collaborator Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry at UCSF.

«Moreover, we confirmed optical modulation of specific electrophysiological responses from different neuronal units in the thalamus part of the brain, in response to particular types of pain - stimuli.»

Indirect evidence, for example, from electrophysiological recordings of the human brain before and after sleep, is consistent with this idea, she says.

They reviewed brain imaging and electrophysiological studies, including electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional near - infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

-- To better understand how and why these specialized sub networks are created, researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have combined electrophysiological and optical approaches to manipulate and monitor neuronal activity at single - cell resolution in intact, functional brain circuits.

Dr. Amaral's interests include research involving multidisciplinary studies directed at determining the neuroanatomical, behavioral and electrophysiological organization and functions of brain systems that are involved in learning, memory, emotion and social behavior carried out on the human brain and on animal models.

They performed an electrophysiological analysis of each tadpole's optic tectum, a part of the brain responsible for processing visual information.

Various biological factors at baseline appear to predict response to rTMS, including levels of certain molecular factors, blood flow in brain regions implicated in depression, electrophysiological findings, and specific genetic polymorphisms.

Electrophysiological Effects of Repeated Administration of Agomelatine on the Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Serotonin Systems in the Rat Brain

These developmental perspectives from animal models and electrophysiological studies should be integrated into the fMRI community, which has struggled to reconcile inconsistent findings with regards to functional brain connectivity in ASD over the past several years.

Brain - wide analysis of electrophysiological diversity yields novel categorization of mammalian neuron types by Shreejoy J Tripathy, Shawn D. Burton, Matthew Geramita, Richard C. Gerkin, and Nathaniel N. Urban.

But, rather than studying the entire nervous system of a single model organism, Professor Graybiel has studied one brain region — a portion of the basal ganglia known as the striatum — in mice, rats, cats, monkeys, and humans using a whole range of technologies from microscopy through electrophysiological recordings to genetics.

Methods: Electrophysiological and optical recordings in brain slices and in vivo, molecular genetic and pharmacological manipulations, computational modelling, and behavioural tests.

Weiss, T. & Veh, R. W. Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of neurons within identified subnuclei of the lateral habenula in rat brain slices.

Fortunately, advances in neuroscience, buttressed since the late 1990s by neuroimaging and brain electrophysiological technology, have led to an emerging consensus about the causes of dyslexia — underlying capacities essential for learning to read, which emerge through brain development, are less developed in children diagnosed with dyslexia.