In contrast, positive emotion processing in the AX group was associated with activation in the right MTG, the right MPFC, and the left DLPFC in the secure priming condition;
greater activation in the right MTG confirmed the effect of secure priming on positive emotion processing in anxious individuals.
Although men and women each showed
greater activation of the pre-SMA and the caudate tail, when short and long SSRT groups were contrasted (data not shown, replicating Li et al. 2006a), the differences did not manifest with direct group comparison.
We observed
greater activation in men, compared to women, in a wide array of cortical and sub-cortical areas, during stop success (SS) as compared to stop error (SE).
Higher plasma glucose levels correlated with greater brain activity in executive control centers in the ACC and ventromedial PFC, whereas higher levels of plasma cortisol, but not other hormones, were correlated with
greater activation in reward regions, such as the insula and putamen (P < 0.01, corrected), in response to high - calorie food cues.
During euglycemia compared with hypoglycemia, there was significantly
greater activation in the PFC and ACC, whereas hypoglycemia compared with euglycemia provoked
greater activation in the insula and striatum in response to images of high - and low - calorie foods (P < 0.05, corrected, covaried for BMI, Figure 4A).
We know that two different isometric positions (Worrell et al. 2001; Contreras et al. 2015a) or exercises (Contreras et al. 2015b) can be performed with maximal effort, and yet one will involve
greater activation of a muscle than the other.
Either way, it seems likely that the exercise producing
a greater activation of the muscle will ultimately lead to superior muscular adaptations, when included in a program.
According to a number of recent studies, elliptical training results in
greater activation of muscles in the buttocks and thighs than walking does, and less activation of muscles in the calf.
Plus, by doing the right stretches, can help you get
greater activation in the muscles (for example in your glutes) which means your workouts give you better results.
The first is
greater activation of your muscle fibers - they fire in larger numbers, which is just what we need to build muscle.
Conversely, narrowing down your grip, shifts the emphasis to the long head, forcing
greater activation of its fibers.
When the hips are positioned higher they trigger
greater activation of extension resisting forces.
However, the simple fact is that you can achieve
greater activation by supining.
Whereas, on greater deactivation from verum than sham acupuncture or
greater activation for sham (2b, sham > verum, 21 subjects, 3 experiments and 27 foci) the result showed significant convergence in supramarginal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus and cuneus (Table 5, Figure 4B).
Only one study [16] on healthy volunteers found
greater activation in the somatosensory area during verum acupuncture, whereas in four studies [53]--[56] somatosensory activation was greater with cutaneous stimulation.
In contrast, one study [39] found
greater activation in the supplementary motor area in response to sham acupuncture.
Comparing results on
greater activation of sham acupuncture points than baseline (3c, sham > rest) from 164 subjects, 15 experiments and 200 foci, showed significant convergence in cerebellum, supramarginal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus and thalamus.
From the studies which had both verum and sham acupuncture groups: 3a)
greater activation of verum acupuncture points than baseline (verum > rest), 3b) greater deactivation of verum acupuncture points than baseline (rest > verum), 3c)
greater activation of sham acupuncture points than baseline (sham > rest), 3d) greater deactivation of sham acupuncture points than baseline (rest > sham), 3e) comparison ALE map of
greater activation of verum than sham acupuncture relative to rest («verum > rest» - «sham > rest»), 3f) comparison ALE map of greater deactivation of verum than sham acupuncture relative to rest («rest > verum» - «rest > sham»).
From the studies which provided direct contrasts between verum and sham acupuncture: 2a)
greater activation from verum than sham acupuncture (or greater deactivation for sham, i.e. verum > sham), 2b) greater deactivation from verum than sham acupuncture (or
greater activation for sham, i.e. sham > verum).
They found that CTS patients responded to verum acupuncture with less deactivation in the amygdala and
greater activation in the lateral hypothalamic area [80], compared to healthy subjects.
After treatment,
greater activation was evident on fMRI in the treatment group during performance of a memory task; no change was seen in the placebo group.
Results showed that
greater activation in the striatum during monetary reward receipt at baseline predicted future substance use onset over a 1 - year follow - up.
Yet the autistic group «showed
greater activation of the amygdala and orbitofrontal gyrus» — areas associated with emotional response, Dalton says.
Higher fit older adults also had
greater activation than young adults in some brain regions, suggesting that fitness may also serve a compensatory role in age - related memory and brain decline.
Obese adolescent girls, Stice found, showed
greater activation compared with their lean peers in regions of the brain that encode the sensory experience of eating food — the so - called gustatory cortex and the somatosensory regions, archipelagoes of neurons that reach across different structures in the brain.
The brain areas that showed
greater activation on warmer days were regions typically activated by MS patients during task performance: the frontal, dorsolateral, prefrontal and parietal cortex.
«The self - expansion activities yielded significantly
greater activation in a major reward region of the brain, which is associated with addictive behaviors, than did non-expanding conditions.
Mothers who breastfeed have been found to report lower levels of perceived stress and negative mood, higher levels of maternal attachment, and tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed
greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amygdala.
The removal of 4E - BP1 allows for
greater activation of factors involved with muscle protein synthesis (5, 6, 7).
But the study also found that expert meditators - monks with more than 10,000 hours of practice - showed significantly
greater activation of their limbic systems.
What's more, in a neuroimaging study in which the participants were shown images depicting human suffering, those who gave most generously during the online game also showed
greatest activation in brain areas involved in empathy, emotion regulation and positive emotion.
Subjects with the greatest reduction of the unpleasantness of the pain — which is what most people care about — exhibited
the greatest activation of regions in the orbitofrontal cortex and the largest reduction in the thalamus (gating the incoming sensory information).
Nonetheless, performing the reverse grip bench press with wide hand spacing produces
the greatest activation of the clavicular pectoralis major compared to a narrow hand spacing, and compared to a traditional grip bench press when performed with any of narrow, middle and wide hand spacings (Lehman et al. 2005).
Not exact matches
And studies measuring cerebral blood flow discovered introvert brain
activation is
greater in the frontal cortex, where things that necessitate focus and attention happen, such as remembering, planning, decision making, and problem solving.
The phenomenon is called «best - self
activation,» and studies have shown that when we think of times when we did something
great, it boosts our self - confidence and makes us more likely to repeat the feat.
We have already carried out our first
activations and we are confident that Roku Gin will become a
great success, bringing Japanese craftsmanship and authenticity to the premium gin category, which has enjoyed significant growth in recent years in the channel.»
Crossover Symmetry's muscle
activation program does a
great job of activating both rotator cuff and scapula stabilizers without working these muscles to the point of fatigue.
It has been a
great experience working with Football Media on the successful digital sponsorship
activation of bwin's Manchester United and Real Madrid partnerships.
I like these two things about this
great monitor; Automatic infrared night vision and Sound and motion
activation mode -
Milk Na: K ratio > 2.0 corresponds to pre-secretory
activation (colostral) milk volumes, with declining Na: K indicating
greater tight junction closure and increasing milk synthesis as secretory
activation progresses [14].
Activation in these areas shows
greater attempts to reflectively process the information, control unwanted biases and confront them with egalitarian beliefs and norms.
Interestingly, a study showed that amygdala
activation for black faces was
greater than white faces when faces were presented to participants for only 30 milliseconds — suggesting automatic emotional responses.
Real hand - clenching showed a like style of activity, but with a
greater area of
activation.
In MS patients, warmer outdoor temperature was associated with
greater BOLD
activation during performance of a simple sustained attention task.
The authors suggest that
activation is
greater in the morning and evening because rewards are not expected at these times.
An interesting twist: The dogs in the experiment that had received training as service / therapy dogs showed
greater caudate
activation for the scent of a familiar human compared with the other dogs.
Knowing more about the
activation process has led researchers to be able to induce
greater vulnerability by cancer cells to an existing first - line treatment for cancers (mainly lung) driven by a receptor called EGFR.
The infection rapidly turned on a wide range of genes involved in immune system
activation and cell death, they conclude, bolstering the hypothesis that the
greatest harm may not have been done by the virus itself, but by an over-reactive immune system.
Overall, they found that adolescent girls with
greater BMI showed increased reward region
activation in response to food images.
In women, the right side of the front insular gyrus was activated by the hand - grip exercise more than men, who instead had a
greater left - side
activation of the same region.