Sentences with phrase «like deep brain»

Although optogenetics is not yet possible in humans, Dr. Paz believes we may be able to use similar therapies like deep brain stimulation to target a specific area in real time to stop a seizure.

The activation of these cells in the basal ganglia relieves symptoms for much longer than current therapies, like deep brain stimulation and pharmaceuticals.

«If we get better at mapping the brain areas responsible, it will lead to more precision in the use of technologies that may repair these damaged connections, like deep brain stimulation.»

Not exact matches

Or does it pull in contributions from other parts of the cerebral cortex and even from areas that are involved in emotional behavior, like the amygdala, which lies deep in the brain's core?

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

I for one won't mind him retiring at Arsenal or being a coach, because despite his lack of pace and his limited ability his football brain is really up there with the best, knows how to read the game and is a true defender that likes to sit deep and soak in the pressure.

so it always messes my brain to see so much decision making and match making getting affected by ppvs, or the fans «debating» so much about that... it is really a US thing were people are just balls deep into these things... like social level capitalistic mentality..

These targets include the limbic system, a group of evolutionarily old structures deep in the brain, «which is where viruses like to reactivate,» Jacobson explains.

«It's like we're opening and shutting a window for a few hours, and that could be perceived as cruel,» says Joseph Fins, at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, who was a member of the first team to trial deep brain stimulation in a minimally conscious person.

Attention, Goleman suggests, is like a muscle, and learning to strengthen it through simple exercises, such as 10 minutes of deep breathing every morning, can help the brain gain focus.

AI is all around us — think: Siri, the iPhone - based personal assistant, or Watson, IBM's supercomputer that famously beat human contestants on Jeopardy! Both are examples of «deep learning» in which a computer absorbs and processes information via artificial neural networks that operate like the human brain.

The medical world would like flexible brain implants so they can shove them between the brain's ridges or corrugations and get back signals from deep inside the brain.

Researchers grapple with ethical questions as deep brain stimulation implants like this one — approved for Parkinson's disease — are applied to other disorders.

Since there's no clear physical connection between a father and his child — at least not like the one seen with mom and baby — researchers are starting to look deep in the brain for better clues to understand the power of this relationship.

Like morphine and other narcotics, a painkiller called fentanyl disrupts nerve cells deep in the brain that register pain as well as other cells that govern breathing rhythm.

Across a range of disorders, deep - brain stimulation works much the same way: A pacemaker - like device in the chest transmits a signal to the implanted electrode via wires that run underneath the scalp.

In deep brain stimulation, electrodes are permanently installed in the brain, like a neural pacemaker.

So it's relatively easy to access this structure optically, especially in a brain with a structure like a mouse's, which doesn't have the deep folds that for instance a human brain has.

When we are in a deep slumber our brain's activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a tide of human bodies rise up and sit down around a sports stadium.

Many scientists believe that certain neurons, deep inside the brains of people with the HD mutation, are undergoing something like standing next a jet plane, and that HD happens when those neurons are over-excited to death.

The light can reach deep into a mouse's brain tissue to target specific areas for exact periods of time, with «scalpel - like precision,» Bruchas said.

Vegetables that have rich, deep - green colors (e.g., spinach, chard, kale) are excellent sources of antioxidants and vitamins like folate, which help brain cells grow and stay healthy.

It's no secret that getting outside is good for the mind and body, but neuroscientists at the University of Alberta recently took a deep dive into exactly what happens to the brain when we perform tasks outside versus in a controlled environment like a lab.

Taking 3 to 4g of EFAs (Omega 3, 6, 9) has been clinically proven to treat depression as, like deep breathing, it restores normative function to your brain, particularly in the areas where irrational thoughts / feelings can overwhelm you.

What's more, surgery for HGG is an even more complicated story because these malignant brain cancers tend to grow tentacle - like tendrils that burrow deep into the brain.

But to a woman with a mass in her breast and a dying father, the word «funeral» works like a dirty bomb, exploding into fragments that lodge deep in the brain.

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«Your body's reaction to stress is like an alarm system going off deep inside your brain, immediately dumping stress hormones into your bloodstream.

I feel like Brain Balance has the ability to really hone in on the deeper issues of the child and correct the imbalance, rather than just put a band aid or a brace or whatever you want to call it one making it more doable.

I feel like Brain Balance has the ability to really hone in on the deeper issues of the child and correct the imbalance, rather than just put a band aid or a brace or whatever you want to call it...

Deep breathing exercises like Art of Living, pranayama yoga, and meditation can do wonders for helping your brain shut down, recuperate, and prepare for another day of Bulletproof high performance

Hidden deep in the plant's bright yellow roots is an extraordinarily powerful compound called curcumin that has the unique ability to block an enzyme that causes inflammation, while combatting free radical damage to highly sensitive vital organs like your brain and heart.

Studies like this one get us one step closer to understanding the deep connection between the gut, the brain, and sleep.

Remember that neurons that fire together, wire together and entering into the delta wave state consistently either through the Deep Peace sound healing or engaging in other activities known to stimulate them like yoga, meditation, sleeping or being in nature helps to rewire your brain to be more calm and relaxed long - term.

The gong is played using a soft shamanic - like drumming rhythm which soothes the nervous system and relaxes the brain through various brain - wave states - alpha (relaxed / daydreaming), theta (deep meditation) and delta (deep sleep).

The deepest secrets of the brain may be hidden in plain sight among savants like Daniel.

Research suggests spiritual experiences originate deep within primitive areas of the human brain — areas shared by other animals with brain structures like our own.

The follicles are deep sacs that collect information and send messages to the brain about things like distance, depth, size, and even texture.

We've counted our fingers, we've dug deep down in our brains, but we can't think of a single person who doesn't like Robert Gober.

It is the light, the African light, which is like no other, and the colors, the vistas, the vast spaces, the wildlife, and perhaps it is some genetic memory of our communal origins that fires up the neurons in a deep part of our brains when we see our ancestral home.

Therefore, even the most advanced forms of machine learning (often referred to as deep learning) are not really functioning like the human brain.

Recently, there has been a lot of noise about every possible application of deep learning, a subset of the field of artificial intelligence which normally exploits big data to train systems to behave more or less like the human brain.