Sentences with phrase «in key brain areas»

In patients whose DBS system was turned on, sugar metabolism in key brain areas increased over the first six months.

The results suggest that as human cognition evolved, the types and amounts of fat in key brain areas were rapidly shifting and mutating — and this growth was crucial to the development of our complex abilities.

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After six months of training, the subjects showed not only improved cognitive function, but even growth in key areas of their brains.

«A study published last year in Experimental Brain Research appeared to provide some partial scientific support for this idea,» notes BPS, explaining that brain scans of experienced long - distance runners revealed running really does seem to reduce activity in certain key brain aBrain Research appeared to provide some partial scientific support for this idea,» notes BPS, explaining that brain scans of experienced long - distance runners revealed running really does seem to reduce activity in certain key brain abrain scans of experienced long - distance runners revealed running really does seem to reduce activity in certain key brain abrain areas.

Intentional daydreaming is linked to a thicker cortex (a good thing) in certain key areas of the brain, new research finds.

Much of it is loaded with sugar, and too much of the sweet stuff actually contributes to the shrinkage of key brain areas involved in mood regulation.

Indeed, in a paper from the University of California, San Francisco, researchers claim to have done just that — identify a group of kids with pure SPD — and found that their brains are in fact different from controls in key sensory areas.

The mice cranked out this protein in their reward circuits, a brain area that drives us to seek pleasure - inducing experiences and a key component in addiction.

Research finds that increased brain activity in key areas is tightly linked to an ability to control the tics caused by Tourette syndrome.

Sheryl Smith and colleagues at the State University of New York reckon this could be due to a temporary increase in a receptor molecule that inhibits activity in a brain area key to some types of learning.

In the hippocampus and the amygdala, areas of the brain thought to be associated with episodic memory, researchers had shown that the chemical signaling agent called glutamate acts like a key in the lock of some of these protein «flood gates.&raquIn the hippocampus and the amygdala, areas of the brain thought to be associated with episodic memory, researchers had shown that the chemical signaling agent called glutamate acts like a key in the lock of some of these protein «flood gates.&raquin the lock of some of these protein «flood gates.»

What's more, they managed to disable the gene in 65 per cent of cells in the key area of the animals» brains.

The key finding of a research team based at Brown University is that neurons in the area of the brain responsible for planning grasping motions retain information about the object to be gripped as they make their movement plan.

«Our results, as well as similar results from other labs, point to a need for carefully designed tasks and paradigms that can reveal different functions in key areas of the brain and different vulnerabilities to the aging process,» Reagh added.

New research reveals that brain damage affecting the insula — an area with a key role in emotions — disrupts errors of thinking linked to gambling addiction.

When these birds sing, the activity of a master gene called FoxP2 declines in a key region of the brain involved in vocal control known as Area X.

After analyzing brain tissue samples, the researchers identified an area of the gene where a single change reduced BDNF levels in the hypothalamus, a key area that controls eating and body weight.

But brain imaging showed that the children who benefited most had a larger hippocampus, a key memory area, and stronger neural connections between the hippocampus and brain regions involved in long - term memory and habit - building.

Research at the school seeks new cures and treatments in five key areas: cancer, liver disease, heart / lung disease, aging and brain disease, and infectious disease.

Perusing the literature, he found earlier experiments that demonstrated a crucial part of the amygdala known as the central nucleus contained links to the key brain stem areas that control the autonomic functions involved in the fear response, like acceleration of breathing and heart rate.

Maltreatment can have enduring effects on a child's developing brain, diminishing growth and reducing activity in key areas

Broca's area, located in the frontal lobe of brain, plays a key role in expressive speech.

Measurements of the electrical activity of nerve cells in two key areas of the brain showed a surprising result: nerve cells in the prefrontal cortex signaled the distraction while it was being presented, but immediately restored the remembered information (the number of dots) once the distraction was switched off.

The key technologies that enabled this finding included a molecular sensor that the group developed to track activity of TrkB, and microscopes that allowed them to visualize a single spine in the area of living mouse brain tissue, all in real time.

The brain areas that are undercommunicating in psychopathy «are key for experiencing empathetic concern and caring for one another, which is what empathy is all about and what individuals who score high on psychopathy do not have,» Decety says.

The engrams, or memory traces, of this particular experience are known to be located in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, a key brain area for memory processing.

The 20 projects which are shortlisted for EU funding are expected to deliver new insights and innovations in key areas such as traumatic brain injury, mental disorders, pain, epilepsy and paediatric conduct disorders.

In new research being presented at the meeting, scientists suggest that the blood - brain barrier in the brainstem — the primitive brain area responsible for many of the body's basic functions, such as breathing, heart rate, sleeping, and eating — could play a key role salt - induced baroreflexin regulating blood pressurIn new research being presented at the meeting, scientists suggest that the blood - brain barrier in the brainstem — the primitive brain area responsible for many of the body's basic functions, such as breathing, heart rate, sleeping, and eating — could play a key role salt - induced baroreflexin regulating blood pressurin the brainstem — the primitive brain area responsible for many of the body's basic functions, such as breathing, heart rate, sleeping, and eating — could play a key role salt - induced baroreflexin regulating blood pressure.

Those key cells are called GABAergic interneurons in the hilus of the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning and memory and affected by Alzheimer's disease.

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.

In studies with animals, exercise, in the form of running wheels or treadmills, has been found to double or even triple the number of new neurons that appear afterward in the animals» hippocampus, a key area of the brain for learning and memory, compared to the brains of animals that remain sedentarIn studies with animals, exercise, in the form of running wheels or treadmills, has been found to double or even triple the number of new neurons that appear afterward in the animals» hippocampus, a key area of the brain for learning and memory, compared to the brains of animals that remain sedentarin the form of running wheels or treadmills, has been found to double or even triple the number of new neurons that appear afterward in the animals» hippocampus, a key area of the brain for learning and memory, compared to the brains of animals that remain sedentarin the animals» hippocampus, a key area of the brain for learning and memory, compared to the brains of animals that remain sedentary.

«My argument is that the three classic areas of neuroscience, endocrinology, and immunology, with their various organs — the brain (which is the key organ that the neuroscientists study), the glands, and the immune system (consisting of the spleen, the bone marrow, the lymph nodes, and of course the cells circulating throughout the body)-- that these three areas are actually joined to each other in a bidirectional network of communication and that the information «carriers» are the neuropeptides.»

All of this points to the importance of this brain area in resilience — another key skill in the current high - demand business world.

The Swedish Medical Center, a key hospital in the Denver area, and Craig Hospital, a facility specializing in spinal cord and brain injury, are both located here.

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Moreover, there is less activity in key areas of the prefrontal cortex, brain regions associated with inhibitory control (Houdé and Borst 2015; Borst et al 2013).