Sentences with phrase «imaging study reveals»

Temptation Zone An imaging study reveals how the brains of some dieters stay disciplined and others give in to cravings.

«Fragile X imaging study reveals differences in infant brains.»

A 2004 brain - imaging study revealed that even thinking about a favorite food triggered release of dopamine, a feel - good hormone also produced during sex and drug use.

In the late 1990s brain - imaging studies revealed that discrete regions of the temporal lobe — a section of the human brain important for object recognition — fired up more strongly when people looked at faces than at any other thing.

Recent brain - imaging studies reveal some of the complex neural choreography behind our ability to dance

Imaging studies reveal that the striatum of obese individuals shows low levels of a receptor that responds to dopamine, termed the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R).

Although the doctor attempted to repair the damaged artery, after the surgery imaging studies revealed a large cerebral cortical infarct.

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A pilot study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center has revealed that it is possible to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to «see» the inflammation in the pancreas that leads to type 1 diabetes.

In a new study led by the University of Sussex, geoscientists from the British Geological Survey and the Technical University of Munich reveal that using a micro-seismic technique, which detects tiny earthquakes which cause cracks in the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock falls.

A study by Eawag and Zurich University researchers using a new imaging method has revealed that, surprisingly, cocaine accumulates in the eyes of zebrafish.

«Our study reveals for the first time using brain imaging that engaging in exciting or what we call «self - expanding» activities, such as puzzle - solving, games, or hobbies with one's partner, appears to reduce craving for nicotine,» said Dr. Aron.

Imaging studies by Nora Volkow, head of the medical department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, revealed that the brains of cocaine addicts release half as much dopamine as substance - free subjects.

Previous imaging studies have revealed two brain regions that often show abnormal activity in these patients: the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) and the amygdala.

Although brain - imaging studies of human participants watching funny cartoons or listening to jokes reveal the activation of evolutionarily ancient structures such as the amygdala and nucleus accumbens, more recently evolved, «higher - order» structures are also activated, including distributed regions of the frontal cortex.

«High - resolution brain imaging provides clues about memory loss in older adults: UCI - led study reveals potential tool for early dementia diagnosis.»

Functional MR imaging taken while the animals received either a juice reward or VTA stimulation revealed that both induced activation of brain regions that previous studies in humans and other primates have associated with reward signaling by means of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Brain - imaging studies have revealed that several blueberry - size regions in the temporal lobe — the area under the temple — specialize in responding to faces.

«We showed with this technique that we can detect very tiny tumors of just a few hundred cells,» Lu said, adding that the study pushed imaging boundaries, revealing smaller cancers than can be detected with current clinical imaging modalities.

For the new study, TSRI scientists created a map of the virus» structure and revealed through high - resolution imaging how MR191 targets and neutralizes the virus.

Earlier studies revealed the individual components that make up the BMC shell, but imaging the entire organelle was challenging because of its large mass of about 6.5 megadaltons, roughly equivalent to the mass of 6.5 million hydrogen atoms.

In a new study reported in Cell, an international group of plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University and other research institutes, have examined the ovules of plant cells by live - imaging to reveal a novel cell - elimination system based on an unusual cell fusion.

Studies of meditation carried out with other techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, have revealed different patterns of neural activity — not surprisingly, since meditation is a complex behavior that evokes many different psychological states.

Using a series of electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, Park plans to go beyond naming the brain region where magnitude processing takes place to identify the anatomy and function of neural pathways involved in magnitude processing and reveal neural mechanisms that support mathematical thinking.

This multimodal study shows significant correlation between increased tau and decreased metabolic activity in the brain — a clear sign of neurodegeneration — reveal researchers at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

«Some imaging studies using mouse models of Alzheimer's disease had revealed the presence in these mice's brains of tiny, mysterious black dots that could signal the presence of iron, an element that shows up dark under MRI and, in certain chemical forms, can be highly reactive and inflammation - inducing,» Rutt said.

Recent functional imaging studies have revealed coactivation in a distributed network of cortical regions that characterizes the resting state, or default mode, of the human brain.

REVEAL - SCAN: Risk Evaluation and and Education of Alzheimer's Disease - the Study of Communicating Amyloid Neuroimaging (RF1 AG047866) is the first multi-site, randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of learning amyloid imaging results in cognitively normal individuals, and its goal is to answer these questions.

We also mentioned a very important study that revealed that postmenopausal women who underwent repeat imaging of their coronary arteries three years after being diagnosed with heart disease had the least amount of progression of blood vessel narrowing in the ones that consumed the most saturated fat in their diet.

PLOS 3 - D imaging provides new insights to Paleolithic child's skull trauma 3D imaging of a Paleolithic child's skull reveals potentially violent head trauma that likely lead to brain damage, according to a study published July 23, 2014 in...

Furthermore, although some studies have revealed significant group differences, the degree of within group variance and overlap between groups make imaging of little use for individual diagnostic purposes.

A human neuroimaging study using diffusion tensor imaging revealed that the anterior insula is interconnected to regions in the temporal and occipital lobe, opercular and orbitofrontal cortex, triangular and opercular parts of the inferior frontal gyrus.