Opiate receptor research has paid off both in
fundamental understanding of brain function and in the development of novel therapeutic agents.
«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.
Not exact matches
As Fred Wolf
of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self - Organization further explains, that «extraordinarily high deletion rate came as a huge surprise,» and it effectively means that information is lost in the
brain as quickly as it can be delivered — something the researchers say has «
fundamental consequences for our
understanding of the neural code
of the cerebral cortex.»
The most
fundamental change in our
understanding of the
brain in the last twenty years is its neuroplasticity.
Scientists still don't
understand many
of the most essential functions
of the
brain, like memory or the
fundamentals of brain disease and treatment.
«If we can get at the black box we call the
brain with the reduced dimensionality
of speech, then we will have made a beginning to solving
fundamental challenges in
understanding how the
brain works — and, with that,
of understanding individuality.»
«Dr. Murai and his team have made a remarkable discovery that will advance our
understanding of fundamental mechanisms that play a role in
brain disease,» says Inez Jabalpurwala, president and CEO of Brain Canada Founda
brain disease,» says Inez Jabalpurwala, president and CEO
of Brain Canada Founda
Brain Canada Foundation.
MyConnectome aims to plug gaps in the
fundamental understanding of how activity varies in the human
brain, across the 100 trillion inter-connections
of its 100 billion - odd neurons.
Work in this area can help us
understand disorders such as body dysmorphia, as well as the
fundamental workings
of the
brain.
The research will also move forward
understanding of the relationship between genetic characteristics and anaesthetic requirements, he says: «Investigating the role
of melanocortin system in the central nervous system is likely to help us
understand fundamental questions such as which systems in the
brain produce unconsciousness and which modulate pain perception.»
A better
understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling reactive astrocyte function is
fundamental to therapeutic interventions for
brain trauma.
Understanding the dynamic mechanisms that lead to the emergence
of brain functions through the development and continuous remodelling
of neural circuits, and the constraints that disease and aging impose to this multi-modal plasticity has important implications that go beyond
fundamental neuroscience, from education policies to
brain repair.
In various talks, interviews and articles, he suggested that a mathematical
brain model would deliver such
fundamental breakthroughs as simulation - driven drug discovery, the replacement
of certain kinds
of animal experiments and a better
understanding of disorders such as Alzheimer's.
The 2012 Kavli Prize laureates were selected for making
fundamental contributions to our
understanding of the outer solar system, the differences in material properties between nano - and larger scales, and how the
brain receives and responds to sensations such as sight, sound and touch.
The Chen Institute at Caltech involves faculty from across Caltech's six academic divisions, creating a campuswide interdisciplinary community
of neuroscientists, biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, computer scientists, and social scientists, all with the shared goal
of understanding the
fundamental principles that underlie
brain function.
This year's laureates were selected for making
fundamental contributions to our
understanding of the outer solar system, the differences in material properties at nano - and larger scales, and how the
brain receives and responds to sensations such as sight, sound and touch.
Research in the
Brain Function Laboratory has made
fundamental contributions to
understanding the neural processes for cognitive control that enable flexible goal directed behaviors including the resolution
of conflict.
Understanding the interactions among different brain regions is fundamental to our understanding of br
Understanding the interactions among different
brain regions is
fundamental to our
understanding of br
understanding of brain function.
Understanding the anatomy
of a well - optimized site isn't
brain surgery, but it's one
of those
fundamentals that you just can't ignore.