The results are some of the first to
link brain activation patterns to social phenomena.
Not exact matches
Research has
linked the positive feeling we often experience while talking about ourselves to higher levels of
activation in areas of the
brain associated with reward.
The
link between depression and the immune system has been shown using positron emission tomography using a tracer for the translocator protein (TSPO) showing increased immune
activation in the
brains of patients with major depressive disorder compared with control subjects.
A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports a
link between reduced functional
activation and reduced cortical thickness in the
brains of patients with bipolar disorder.
The authors then analyzed the
brain activation linked to these judgments.
«This distinction is
linked not just to
brain activations selective to the processes studied but is also due to the difference in connections with other cerebral regions that require these two operations,» continues Grandjean.
Young's research team demonstrated that UPR
activation in the
brain, specifically in the forebrain, is causally
linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
The mothers, their husbands, and the homosexual father - father couples all showed the
activation of what the researchers term a «parenting network» that incorporated two
linked but separate pathways in the
brain.
Recent human studies have specifically found that a partner's presence can reduce pain, and supportive touching such as hugging is
linked to
activation of mu - opioid receptors in the
brain.
Autism, meanwhile, has been
linked to
brain inflammation, microglial cell
activation, cytokine imbalances, and autoimmunity.
They found that individuals with genetic variations to the RASGRF2 gene had higher
activation of the ventral striatum area of the
brain (closely
linked to the VTA and involved in dopamine release) when anticipating reward in a cognitive task.
Those temporary memories are forged at all, researchers have believed, thanks to a low level of electrical
activation that keeps the particular pattern of
brain cells
linked for only as long as they have to be before they power down and the memory can be erased.
Studies show a
link between high - fat and high - sugar foods and the increase in the
activation of reward pathways in the
brain, particularly dopamine receptors, says Erin Macdonald, R.D.