Sentences with phrase «monitoring electrical activity»

The duties of a medical assistant may vary from the routine taking of medical histories and checking blood pressures to more involved tasks such as monitoring the electrical activity of the heart by means of an electrocardiogram.
An ECG is a method for monitoring the electrical activity of the heart.
They decided to try a more direct way of monitoring electrical activity in the hippocampus and related structures.
The team tested the guinea pigs» hearing by monitoring the electrical activity in their brainstems in response to various noises.
The headset was monitoring the electrical activity of Agus» brain in real time.
In a study that is now legend, cognitive scientist Benjamin Libet asked people to press a button whenever they felt like it while he monitored the electrical activity in their brains.
An inflatable sheath embedded with integrated electronics can wrap around and move with a beating heart to monitor electrical activity.
They were being controlled by brain - computer interfaces that monitored electrical activity in the pilots» brains.
A team of researchers has developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours — essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro - intestinal (GI) tract.
The wires enabled the researchers to monitor the electrical activity of individual nerve cells in the medial temporal lobe and to detect neurons that would respond more to the perception of one person than to that of another.
To triangulate the location of the focus, neurosurgeons insert electrodes into the brain to monitor electrical activity that occurs during a seizure.
The researchers also used EEGs to monitor electrical activity in the brain as the 13 people with OCD viewed images linked with their obsessions, such as cleaning toilets.
In 2010, Dzirasa and his graduate mentor, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, developed a technique that can monitor electrical activity in not just one region of the mouse brain, but in many regions simultaneously.

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Electronic monitors now in development could mold to the brain's surface to sense aberrant electrical activity.
The computer monitors slow cortical potential, a component of the brain's electrical activity; when the SCP is positive, a cursor travels from the bottom to the top of the screen; if neutral, it goes the other way.
After getting a full night's rest at the lab, which researchers monitored by measuring neural electrical activity, their brains were scanned via functional MRI as they waited to be shown, and then viewed 90 images during a 45 - minute session.
Electrical and computer engineering Professor Barry Van Veen wears an electrode net used to monitor brain activity via EEG signals.
With that method, researchers monitor electrical brain activity using electrodes.
After the course, both groups were asked to pick two intense emotional experiences they'd had — one good, one bad — and write about them while their brains» electrical activity was monitored.
Growth and electrical activity can be monitored subsequently: each individual cell can be identified by the pyramid it is in.
Having outfitted the twelve participants with electrode caps, the researchers used a measure of the brain's electrical activity known as event - related brain potentials (ERPs) to monitor their physiological responses to different outcomes.
It's a unique approach that allows us to stimulate single neurons and monitor the tiny fluctuations in their electrical activity that generate action potentials.
But researchers are investigating ways to provide electrical pulses only when needed by monitoring telltale brain activity related to a particular condition or symptom.
Monitoring networks of electrical brain activity holds promise for understanding not only depression, but other forms of mental illness as well, said Conor Liston, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine who was not involved in the study.
18 healthy volunteers were monitored by using EEG to measure the electrical activity generated by their brains» neurons (the signalling cells) while simultaneously recording fMRI measurements.
Electrodes placed on the head or directly in brain tissue allow scientists to monitor the cumulative effect of this electrical activity, called electroencephalography (EEG) signals.
Security systems can now also be integrated with fire alarms and other electrical systems, meaning they too can be monitored remotely 24 hours a day; adding value and protecting buildings from wider threats than just criminal activity, such as flooding or fire.
In a study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 22 young adults had functional MRI scans of their brains to monitor activity when they were shown that electrical shocks were being sent to themselves, a friend, or stranger.
For this experiment, an Electroencephalography (EEG) sensor was attached to all 16 pet dogs to monitor and record electrical activity of the brain.
Typically, our anaesthetized patients are monitored with the following: Capnograph (measures expired carbon dioxide and breaths), Apnea alarm (alarms if breathing stops), Pulse Oximetry (measures Oxygen levels in the blood), Scrolling EKG (measures electrical activity of the heart), Blood Pressures (using a Oscillometric Cardell Blood Pressure unit), Thermometer (keeping the patient warm is critical to success) and of course a dedicated technician monitoring other parameters (like depth of anesthesia, pulse pressures, etc) continuously throughout.
To aid the staff in this monitoring, we have a machine that allows us to view the electrical activity of the heart, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen Saturation, Respiratory Rate and Body Temperature.
An Echo Ultrasound Heart Analysis is performed and / or Holter 24 - 48 monitoring of the heart's electrical activity would be the ideal heart evaluation protocol.
Before this optical sensor technology became popular, you'd have to wear a heart - rate monitor strapped to your chest and connected to your activity tracker to get your heart data using electrical impulses, which is still the more accurate option.
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