Sentences with phrase «in blood flow to areas»

Neuroimaging technologies are revealing changes in blood flow to areas of the brain, indicating more activity.

Using imaging technologies, they have observed that when neurons start to fire there is an accompanying increase in blood flow to area of the brain that is active.

Chemicals are released by the white blood vessels, including cytokines and histamines, which can trigger an increase in blood flow to the area.

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According to a study from the National Institutes of Health, people who experience feelings of gratitude show increased blood flow in areas of the brain linked to the «feel good» neurotransmitter: dopamine.

Get 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three to four times a week, to improve memory and increase attention and concentration and brain blood flow in the brain - memory area.

It's also high in cineole, which can increase blood flow to certain areas....!

In simpler terms, blood flows away from swollen areas to return to the body core because the body believes that it is freezing.

Cold reduces blood flow to an injured area and can limit the degree of swelling in an acute injury.

If possible, elevate the part of his body that's bleeding in order to reduce blood flow to that area.

You will notice an increased blood flow to the same area, which in some cases cause breast and nipple pain.

Of course if you're already experiencing hemorrhoids during pregnancy due to the increased pressure and blood flow in that area (or because of pregnancy constipation), you can expect them to get aggravated during labor and birth.

They do this by increasing the blood flow to your muscles and stimulating the nerves in the area, which leads to your muscles feeling refreshed and limber.

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When warned their breathing was about to be restricted, the most resilient participants — SEALs and adventure racers, among others — showed a burst of blood - flow activity in an area of the brain that registers sensations in the body, called the insular cortex.

If the possibility for a zap was ambiguous, there was a quick increase in blood flow to participants» visual processing areas.

The researchers also measured the activity of participants» brains with a tool called near - infrared spectroscopy, which measures changes in blood flow to particular areas of the brain.

The study also found increased blood flow in limbic areas of the brains of women, which may also partially explain why women are more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, insomnia, and eating disorders.

The study findings of increased prefrontal cortex blood flow in women compared to men may explain why women tend to exhibit greater strengths in the areas of empathy, intuition, collaboration, self - control, and appropriate concern.

The findings show just how important it is for people with acute ischaemic stroke (in which blood flow to an area of the brain is blocked or reduced) to be identified quickly and treated by specialist staff in order to reduce the subsequent degree of disability.

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.

A functional MRI scan, known as an fMRI, will check for increases in blood flow in certain areas of the brain as I react to or record an experience, initiate an action, or ponder something.

MRI revealed decreased blood flow to the injured area and osteonecrosis in 80 percent of patients in the superomedial quadrant of the femoral head.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked by a narrowed or completely obstructed coronary artery, resulting in damage of heart muscle.

The present blood flow study adds significantly to the findings from that prior study and furthermore suggests that disturbances in the speech processing areas of the brain are likely of central importance as a cause of stuttering.

«Stuttering linked to reduced blood flow in area of brain associated with language.»

Blue regions represent areas of decreased blood flow in children and adults with stuttering when compared to fluent healthy participants.

The researchers were able to zero in on the Broca's area as well as related brain circuitry specifically linked to speech, using regional cerebral blood flow as a measure of brain activity, since blood flow is typically coupled with neural activity.

NIRSIT is a device based on the near - infrared spectroscopy principle, which (a) utilizes light to detect hemodynamic changes in the cerebral blood flow and (b) visualizes brain activation regions in the prefrontal area of the brain in real time.

The lighting up of certain brain regions leads to increased blood flow to active areas, and this is what you see in an fMRI image.

«The overall decrease in stroke was driven by men having fewer ischemic strokes, a type of stroke caused by a lack of blood flow to a specific area of the brain,» said Madsen.

Instead of dilating and increasing blood flow to the heart during stress, in women the tiny blood vessels are constricted, leading to areas of reduced blood flow,» said Vaccarino, who is also chair of the department of epidemiology at the Emory University School of Public Health.

Spence and colleagues use functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) technology to determine whether someone is fibbing by tracing blood flow to certain areas of the brain, which indicates changes in neuronal activity at the synapses (gaps between the neurons).

This revealed which parts of the brain were most active by detecting small increases in the blood flow to these brain areas.

To study how music preferences might affect functional brain connectivity — the interactions among separate areas of the brain — Burdette and his fellow investigators used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which depicts brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

The technique allows researchers to track blood flow — and thus activity — in different areas of the brain.

Using an optical fiber implanted in that region, the researchers were able to stimulate the primary motor cortex near where the stroke had occurred, and then monitor biochemical changes and blood flow there as well as in other brain areas with which this region was in communication.

It works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity — when a brain area is more active it consumes more oxygen and to meet this increased demand blood flow increases to the active area.

Through the UCSD Clinical Cardiovascular Cell Therapy program, Dib and collaborating cardiology faculty plan to conduct clinical studies in a number of areas, including the effectiveness of adult stem cell transplant as a treatment for congestive heart failure; as a way to minimize heart damage after a heart attack; and in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to increase blood flow to the heart for patients experiencing chest pain.

This insufficient flow causes problems to the area which is in need of receive oxygen - rich blood.

Scientists can compare the same brain area when a person is doing nothing, and again when the person is performing a task, to see how blood flow — and activity — in that brain area changes.

Decreased blood flow to the blood vessels in the vaginal area may impact sex drive.

Recent research has shown that these reactions are actually due to a slightly different chemistry in the brains of HSPs — notably, increased blood flow in the areas that process emotion, awareness, and empathy.

But when you add set of biceps curls right after the triceps set, you are shifting certain amount of blood in the biceps muscles and the triceps keeps contracting to a degree keeping the blood flow higher in that area.

In a small new study of retired NFL players, researchers found that overweight players had less blood flow to key areas of the brain and lower scores on mental - function tests than former players of normal weight.

As the authors expected, a higher waist - to - height ratio was associated with less blood flow in certain areas of the brain involved in attention, memory, reasoning, and judgment.

Each individual had functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a method of brain scanning which measures activity in several areas of the brain by blood flow, while playing a card game designed to stimulate reward feelings.

When you train a certain muscle group, your body increases the blood flow to that area in order to fuel the activity, and this increase in local blood flow is accompanied by a lymphatic fluid accumulation.

Since blood flow significantly increases in the vaginal area during pregnancy, this can help to relieve the tingly pain caused by varicose veins in the area.

Cold fat does not mobilize well, so by warming it up (increasing blood flow to the area) you are assisting your body with mobilizing and eliminating those fat cells.Other studies have demonstrated that blood flow and lipolysis increased in the subcutaneous fatty tissue that is directly adjacent to the working muscle.

Benefits: In addition to sloughing away dry skin on areas like knees, elbows and ankles, body brushing promotes tighter skin, cell renewal and blood flow.