Not exact matches
«If function is localized, with small
numbers of neurons bunched together doing similar things, that's consistent with sparse coding, high selectivity, and
low population spiking rates.
The MRI scans showed that obese subjects with binge eating disorder have
lower grey matter volumes — a measure
of the
number of neurons — in the orbitofrontal cortex and striatum
of the brain compared to those who do not binge eat; these brain regions are involved in keeping track
of goals and rewards.
«Replacing inhibitory
neurons instead
of excitatory
neurons may
lower the
number of cells required to reverse some
of the damage caused by Alzheimer's.»
In a study involving dietary ketosis via a
low carbohydrate diet (less than 10 percent
of total calories), compared to subjects on a 50 percent carbohydrate diet, the
low - carbohydrate subjects demonstrated better performance on memory tests, with higher scores being correlated to higher serum KB levels.14 A study using cultured mouse hippocampal cells showed that addition
of the KB β - hydroxybutyrate (β - OHB) to cells exposed to Aβ resulted in no decrease in the
numbers of dendrites or total
neurons — two
of the noted pathological changes in AD.