The image below depicts the differences
in the brain structure of the subjects at the start of the experiment and how it evolved after the meditation program.
Previous research from other studies had linked hearing loss with marked differences
in brain structure compared to those with normal hearing, both in humans and animals.
It is a big idea that could help unravel mysteries of brain development and evolution, and help link neurological and psychiatric disorders to
abnormalities in brain structure.
A first step toward understanding this is to characterize the relationships between
variation in brain structure / function and individual differences in depression severity and related processes, particularly emotion regulation.
This past summer, along with Roy and other colleagues, he reported that — contrary to neuroscience dogma — the neural circuit
in the brain structure called the hippocampus that makes a particular memory is not the same circuit that recalls the memory later.
If oxytocin levels are too low, stress results in elevated levels of cortisol, which can cause changes
in brain structure in response to stress that can lead to symptoms such as high blood pressure.
In her developmental psychology work at Yale University, she studied the role of maternal care in childhood on mothers» brain and changes
in brain structure among mothers during the first few months postpartum.
Individuals with epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in DENND5A present with serious
anomalies in brain structure along with calcifications in the brain and altered facial features.
The fact that the researchers saw differences
in brain structure after just 30 days fits well with existing theories about premature infants» brain development, Stromswold says.
However, longitudinal brain imaging studies in both healthy and patient populations are required in order to map the
disturbances in brain structures as they emerge, i.e., the disturbed trajectories of brain development.
This circuit originates
in a brain structure known as the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), which relays signals to the thalamus and then the brain's cortex, inducing pockets of the slow, oscillating brain waves characteristic of deep sleep.
Multiple studies have found
parallels in brain structure and even identified specific gene analogues when comparing affected humans and canines.
Children whose mothers were nurturing during the preschool years, as opposed to later in childhood, have more robust
growth in brain structures associated with learning, memory and stress response than children with less supportive moms, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The science behind food's effect on mood comes down to chemical and physiological changes
in our brain structure which can lead to altered behaviour.
Sadly, much of the work focuses on children who have been exposed to neglect where high levels of stress hormones coupled with minimum adult interaction has resulted in permanent changes
in their brain structure leading to impaired emotional wellbeing and difficulty in adjusting to stress and anxiety in adulthood (Rutter 1989 et al).
Yet researchers are still trying to understand how activity in this hypothalamus - adjacent area could conjure the condition — and to determine what other
glitches in brain structure, metabolism or interactions contribute to sufferers» throbbing noggins.
Researchers showed that limiting the supply or the function of the neuromodulator
adenosine in a brain structure called the auditory thalamus preserved the ability of adult mice to learn from passive exposure to sound much as young children learn from the soundscape of their world.
The researchers discovered that social contact increased production of
anandamide in a brain structure called the nucleus accumbens, which triggered cannabinoid receptors there to reinforce the pleasure of socialization.
Abnormalities
in brain structure during critical periods in development have often been associated with negative outcomes, such as learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.
Changes
in those brain structures also correlated with participants» self - reported tendency to act on impulse and with heightened use of alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine.
Holmes and colleagues examined the
variability in brain structure among 1,234 males and females aged 18 to 35 with no history of psychiatric disorders or substance dependence.
However, this intriguing neuroimaging study of transsexuals before and after their female - to - male gender reassignment suggests that even adult men and women
differ in brain structure within regions involved in language and speech.
This week, in a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and in a
paper in Brain Structure and Function, scientists present the first microscopic study of neurons in the cerebral cortex of the African elephant.
But the preference of visual perception for the center of our visual field is also represented in the brain: it is
mirrored in those brain structures that process stimuli transmitted from the fovea.
His lab has subdivided the dorsal striatum so scientists can better predict problem
areas in this brain structure and focus their research there.
January 12, 2016 Individuals with rage disorder have smaller
volumes in brain structures linked with emotion People who have a behavioral disorder characterized by extreme outbursts of anger, such as road rage, have significantly lower gray matter volume in the brain region that plays an important role in regulating emotion, report scientists from the University of Chicago.
The researchers were particularly
interested in a brain structure known as the amygdala, which is associated with emotional processing and threat detection.
Some might try to attribute these trends to biological factors such as fundamental differences
in brain structure by applying the argument that biological differences make females less capable in mathematics and less inclined to have an affinity for the subject.
[7] This
decrease in brain structure and functionality is also seen in youth with other diagnoses such as in cases of child abuse and neglect, causing reactive attachment disorder and temper dysregulation as well as schizophrenia, which makes careful attention to the differential of rule - breaking behaviors important for accurate diagnosis.
«According to the MRIs, there were minimal differences
in the brain structures in the two groups, yet the brain waves were very different.
Although modern medicine means that many of these premature babies now survive, recent studies have shown differences
in their brain structure compared with babies born after 37 weeks, as well as an increased risk of emotional and behavioural problems in childhood.
New research by Washington University School of Medicine researchers, including Terrie E. Inder, MD, shows that exposure to stressors in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is associated with
alterations in the brain structure and function of very preterm infants.
Researcher Prof. Rupert Lanzenberger (Vienna, Austria) continued: «What we see is a real quantitative difference
in brain structure after prolonged exposure to testosterone.