Sentences with phrase «neurons in the brain»

It is real to me because the firing of neurons in my brain stem are interpreted as real sensory data by my brain.
These systems are made up of complex algorithms modeled on the transmission of signals between neurons in the brain.
The researchers recorded the firing of single neurons in a brain region that controls eye movements.
There were far fewer new neurons in the brains of the animals that had completed high - intensity interval training.
Other researchers found selective neurons in the brain as well.
These disruptions cause neurons in the brain to stop working properly, lose connections with other cells, and then die.
Now, the team has published a new paper that demonstrates how these proteins can be used as tools to regulate the activity of individual neurons in the brain through changes in temperature.
One of the largest organs in your body is the brain, with neurons in the brain only able to produce energy with glucose or ketones.
To lay down these memories, neurons in our brains form new connections with other neurons or strengthen old ones.
It was originally used to treat patients with epilepsy, because the diet seems to have an effect on neurons in the brain, and can sometimes reduce seizures.
Single neurons in the brain are able to convey much more information than was previously thought and can interact to generate potentially super rich representations of sensory stimuli.
The ultimate goal is to better understand how the billions of neurons in the brain communicate with one another during normal brain function, or dysfunction, as result of injury or disease.
Different neurons in this brain area react to components of the visual scene at specific positions in our visual field.
That sounds a bit complicated, but basically serotonin helps neurons in the brain communicate with each other through these receptors.
It's a simplified simulation of how neurons in the brain work: They either fire or don't fire.
Some of the injected cells grow into mature neurons and form connections with other neurons in the brain, suggesting the injected cells are functional.
However there are more neurons in a brain than stars in the galaxy.
Ten years ago, he was at the forefront of building forecast simulations that were organized like neurons in the brain.
This literally means that if a baby is upset and then subsequently experiences a gentle and loving response from their caregiver, the relevant neurons in their brain will all fire at once.
The researchers found that neurons in the brain regulate their own activity in such a way that the overall activity level in the network remains as constant as possible.
A scientific study has shown that cats have an average of 250 million neurons in their brains while dogs have about 500 million, making dogs about twice as intelligent.
One of the primary missions of neuroscience is to make connections between particular neurons in the brain and specific behaviors.
Because the stem cells are similar to those that normally give rise to blood cells, he says, it is unlikely that they can repair or replace neurons in the brain.
This talk will describe a series of experiments imaging neurons in the brains of live rodents.
It is easy to take credit after an idea strikes you, but in fact, neurons in your brain secretly perform an enormous amount of work before inspiration hits.
When monkeys interact, neurons in their brains show the same activity patterns.
The actual neurons in the brain, they realized, only become a factor in the organ's overall computational process when they are activated.
The faulty gene leads to cell death in neurons in the brain resulting in gradual physical, mental and emotional changes, and ultimately death.
For instance, neurons in the brain tend to be joined together into small networks, which are then linked to one another by relatively few long - range connections.
This process helps prevent neurons in the brain from firing constantly and reaching their maximum load.
The numbers of neurons in our brains begin to decrease at the age of thirty and some neurological diseases can result from significant loss.
The antioxidants in blueberries will help improve the signals of aging neurons in the brain.
Strong communication between neurons in the brain is an essential process for memory formation.
That's because of the «monkey see, monkey do» effect of the mirror neurons in our brains.
Regular movement will help reduce inflammation and boost the development of new neurons in the brain.
Single neurons in our brains are able to convey much more information than was previously thought and can interact to generate potentially super rich representations of sensory stimuli.
Although implants can be placed right next to the relevant neurons in the brain, they have drawbacks.
Their research shows that the two hormones act in concert on a group of neurons in the brain to stimulate the burning of body fat via the nervous system.
«For neurons in the brain, identity can be used to predict location.»
BlueRock's first two programs are treatments that could regenerate heart muscle cells after heart attacks and help replace certain neurons in the brain as they decline in people with Parkinson's disease.
While the functions of collagens in cartilage and muscle are well established, before this study it was unknown that collagen VI is made by neurons in the brain and that it can fulfill important neuroprotective functions.
In the 1960s, researchers showed that adult rats continually produce neurons in a brain region called the dentate gyrus, part of the hippocampus — an area that plays an important role in acquiring new memories.
Scientists from University of North Carolina School of Medicine identified neurons in the brain responsible for triggering social attraction towards the opposite sex in mice.
They narrowed the circuit down even further by determining which neurons in these brain regions both expressed dati and were cholinergic.
If in frame two you displace the entire array slightly to the right, you will see the patch of dots moving (jumping) to the right, because the change activates multiple motion - detecting neurons in your brain in parallel.
Myelin, the fatty coating that protects neurons in the brain and spinal cord, is destroyed in diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
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