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In the new study, published 9 January in Scientific Reports, developmental neuroscientist Moriah Thomason of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and colleagues report a difference in how certain brain regions communicate with each other in fetuses that were later born prematurely compared with fetuses that were carried to term.
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The map suggests how many cognitive computing chips should be allocated to the different regions of any artificial brain, and which other chips they should be wired to.
Gazzaley wanted to take a broader view of the brain to answer questions about memory and aging; he hoped to study how distinct neural regions interact during memory formation and other complex cognitive processes.
The experiments demonstrate how the brain's insular cortex region is required for proper reactions to others in distress.
«It might also be used to study how neurons from different regions of the brain communicate with each other.»
The measurements are used to build images that trace the shape and direction of the axons and how the neurons in one region are connected to other brain regions.
And researchers must figure out how to build in some core features: the necessary blood vessels, immune - system cells called microglia and connections from other brain regions, such as the thalamus and cerebellum.
«It's not so much how the brain is structured, but the way these regions are connected to each other,» Lee said.
Although the enhanced growth doesn't prove anything about how the infants will do later on, «we know from other studies that bigger is better» when it comes to brain development in this region, Lahav says.
Some of these regions respond just to the actual features of the face, whereas others respond to how things appear to the viewer, but it is unknown where in the brain this difference arises.
It also showed how that region of a dog's brain responds more strongly to the scents of familiar humans than to the scents of other humans, or even to those of familiar dogs.
«The complementary evidence of electrocorticography, fMRI, and brain stimulation will make it possible to study not only the effects of brain stimulation on the local neural networks that process face information, but also how they broadcast their information towards other regions in the brain.»
Some regions are slightly bigger on one side than on the other, and these differences translate into imbalances in how the human brain works.
In our study, we examined whether the role of specific brain regions for communication within and among brain modules varies with individual differences in intelligence, i.e., whether a specific brain region supports the information exchange within their own «family» more than information exchange with other «families», and how this relates to individual differences in intelligence.»
Their goal is to better understand how this brain region regulates emotion, which, in turn, could lead to a greater understanding of how brain circuitry is disrupted in depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other psychiatric conditions.
How do different brain regions interact with each other?
«Now that we've identified a new principle for how the interneurons can control plasticity, our study is a first step in better understanding the mechanisms involved in other brain regions as well,» said Kreitzer.
Affected regions of the brain control how people behave, interact and communicate with others and the world around them.
In addition, there are changes in other brain regions that indirectly affect mothering - related behaviours such as how rewarding mothers find infants and their cues to be, their attitudes towards infants and parenting, their ability to be flexible and playful, to show good memory, as well as their levels of anxiety and depression.