Sentences with phrase «key circuits in the brain»

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and Stanford University have shown how key circuits in the brain control movement.

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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.

These differences were reflected in crucial changes in key brain circuits.

If any of the adult shark pooh - pooh - ers had been having their brains scanned at that moment, scientists would have seen increased activation in the amygdala and insula — two key parts of the brain's limbic system and important inputs to the mesocortical limbic circuit.

A new study by researchers at Roche in Basel, Switzerland has identified a key brain region of the neural circuit that controls social behavior.

Not only do rats return over and over again to the place they were tickled, the handling triggers the neurotransmitter dopamine in key reward - related brain circuits in the rodents, he says.

Brain imaging studies have shown that stimulation over this region modulates the functioning of fronto - striatal circuits, leading to the release of dopamine, a key neurotransmitter in reward processing.

Scientists have discovered key details of a brain - to - body signaling circuit that enables roundworms to lose weight independently of food intake, and there are reasons to suspect the circuit exists in a similar form in humans and other mammals.

Now an imaging study finds that psychopathic inmates have deficits in a key empathy circuit in the brain, pointing to a potential therapeutic target.

There is no way to create a «schizophrenic» mouse, Meyer emphasizes, but certain key cognitive deficits and behaviors can be measured in both animals and humans and are thought to rely on similar brain regions and neural circuits.

This mechanism allows them to position themselves correctly in the different layers of the cortex, a key step in the development of brain circuits.

A new study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers strongly supports the latter, demonstrating that abnormal tau protein, a key feature of the neurofibrillary tangles seen in the brains of those with Alzheimer's, propagates along linked brain circuits, «jumping» from neuron to neuron.

The investigators hypothesize that individual differences in the function of key brain circuits underlie the observed variability in clinical responses to both placebo and antidepressant medication.

The circuit is a key component of the brain's reward system, according to researchers from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif..

MONDAY, Sept. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Scientists say they've identified a brain circuit in mice that plays a key role in the sleep - wake cycle.

Benefits were reported by the patients which lasted for up to 5 weeks following the treatment, and the researchers believe the activity of key brain circuits known to play a part in depression may effectively be «reset» by the magic mushroom compound.

Two key features of the circuits in the brain which impact this critical balance have been uncovered.