Our quantitative assessment of doublecortin (DCX) immunoreactivity in the dentate
gyrus showed a loss of DCX in aged animals (Supplemental Figure 1), consistent with a substantial decrease in the neurogenic capacity of the aged hippocampus.
Not exact matches
The scientists found that when individuals completed a word puzzle, right before a moment of insight, a cluster of cells located in the superior temporal
gyrus — in the right hemisphere of the brain —
show significant activity.
The researchers also performed MRIs on all the participants and found that compared with the low - flavanol group, the 900 mg - a-day flavanol drinkers
showed more activity in the dentate
gyrus (an area of the brain located in the hippocampus and linked to the formation of new memories).
The research
shows that up to three or four months after delivery some of the brain regions originally observed at one month postpartum (amygdala, putamen, globus pallidus, and superior frontal
gyrus) continued to activate and were correlated with maternal, sensitive behavior among the same group of mothers.
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 first scans, performed when the children reached school age,
showed that the inferior frontal
gyrus was smaller in children who had more adverse experiences.
Side view of the brain summarizing blood flow results from tens of thousands of study subjects
shows increased blood flow in women compared to men, highlighted in the red colored areas of the brain: the cingulate
gyrus and precuneus.
In the 1960s, researchers
showed that adult rats continually produce neurons in a brain region called the dentate
gyrus, part of the hippocampus — an area that plays an important role in acquiring new memories.
The middle and inferior temporal
gyri, for example, also play roles in memory and sensory integration and have been
shown to be involved in the early stages of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
Yet the autistic group «
showed greater activation of the amygdala and orbitofrontal
gyrus» — areas associated with emotional response, Dalton says.
In agreement with predictions from these models, we
show that minimal changes in the shape of the environment in which rats are exploring can substantially alter correlated activity patterns among place - modulated granule cells in the dentate
gyrus.
The researchers saw that among the PTSD group, who were all taking the drug paroxetine (sold as Paxil), the patients who
showed the most improvement from the SSRI were those who
showed the least activation, prior to treatment, of a brain area called the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, also known as the inferior frontal
gyrus.
The researchers found that the portion of a brain region called the insular cortex (which is made up of
gyri, or folds)
showed differences in activity between men and women.
In the image, yellow
shows the increased RbAp48 in the dentate
gyrus.
The bottom sets of scans obtained from the patient (Panel C) and the control subject (Panel D)
show activation (blue) resulting from the spatial imagery task (cued with the word «navigation») as compared with rest periods, as well as the time course of the peak voxel in the parahippocampal
gyrus.
The patterns of activation in the regions of interest (the supplementary motor area and the parahippocampal
gyrus) in the motor and spatial localizer scans and the communication scans obtained from one patient and one healthy control subject are
shown.
A zinc stain in this cross-section of a hippocampus
shows the zone of connections (dark brown) between two regions, the dentate
gyrus and CA3.
Very preterm individuals compared to controls
showed reduced grey matter in temporal, frontal, occipital cortices and cerebellum, including putamen, insula, cuneus, fusiform
gyrus, thalamus and caudate nucleus.
c - Fos imaging of testing - induced brain activations
showed that the deterioration of young memory was associated with dentate
gyrus dysconnectivity, reminiscent of that seen in aged mice.
The convergence of brain regions
shown for these meta - analyses comparing verum and sham acupuncture overlapped for middle cingulate
gyrus.
The subtraction analysis for «verum > rest» - «sham > rest»
showed convergent activations in pre-SMA, middle cingulate
gyrus, claustrum, insula, supramarginal
gyrus, SII and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC).
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.
Verum acupuncture
showed also more deactivation in part of the limbic system (amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate
gyrus / cortex)[47], [52].
The last study [74]
showed that stimulation which induced deqi by maximum manipulation was associated with more activation in the postcentral
gyrus and the limbic system than stimulation that didn't induce deqi with minimum manipulation.
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).
The fMRI results (event - related design)
show that chemosensory anxiety signals activate brain areas involved in the processing of social emotional stimuli (fusiform
gyrus), and in the regulation of empathic feelings (insula, precuneus, cingulate cortex).
Cluster e (e)
shows a network of cingulate
gyrus (BA 24) and bilateral insular and superior temporal
gyrus (BA 13/22), a network that is also commonly found in resting - state studies.
Cluster d (d)
shows a combined network of both visual and motor regions, consisting of medial, lateral, and superior occipital
gyrus and peristriate regions (BA 17/18/19), precentral (BA 4), and postcentral
gyrus (BA 3 / 1/2).
Cluster a (a)
shows the default mode network, consisting of frontal regions, including superior frontal
gyrus (BA 8/9) and medial frontal
gyrus (BA 10/11) and precuneus / posterior cingulate cortex (BA 23/31) and bilateral regions overlapping middle / superior temporal tyrus (BA 21/39) and inferior / superior parietal cortex (BA 39/40).
Specifically, meditation has been
shown to increase brain gray matter volume (which smart phones destroy) in the right angular and posterior parahippocampal
gyri.
The simple effect analysis indicated that the SE group
showed higher activation (secure vs. neutral) in the left middle occipital
gyrus (MOG / BA18)[F (1,37) = 12.484, p < 0.01], an area in which the AX group exhibited deactivation [F (1,37) = 15.965, p < 0.001](see Figure 2).