These are interesting findings as the volume of parenchyma in the CCF maintains a consistent ratio to the volume
of other brain regions in normal dogs [22].
They also plan to examine the potential role
of other brain regions involved learning and memory.
In essence, most pathological conditions in the mammalian retina lead to changes in Müller glia — often called reactive gliosis, which might be analogous to the response of astrocytes upon injury
of other brain regions.
Not exact matches
When asked to select the articles they'd share, activity in the
brain regions associated with assessing value, self - related thinking, and, crucially, considering
other people's perspective showed a flurry
of activity.
The agency said there have been recent variations in the number
of cases reported in the
region and, while the level
of risk is unknown, Zika virus infection during pregnancy causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly and
other severe
brain abnormalities.
However, when the researchers damaged a more central
brain region called the limbic system, which is the source
of emotions and pleasure (among
other things), the hamsters» maternal behaviors — like nest - building, picking up pups, and nursing — never developed.
He would have to argue that the regnant occasion directly inherits from all the
regions of the
brain in virtue
of regionally including all the occasions
of the
brain, but negatively prehends some
of these occasions while positively prehending
others.
I could easily show you these
regions if I had here a picture
of the
brain.1 Moreover, the diminished or exaggerated associations
of what this author calls the Köperfühlshäre with the
other regions, accounts, according to him, for the complexion
of our emotional life, and eventually decides whether one shall be a callous brute or criminal, an unbalanced sentimentalist, or a character accessible to feeling, and yet well poised.
More than any
other experiences infants have, they trigger the development and strengthening
of neural connections in the
brain between the
regions that control emotion, cognition, language, and memory.
A new study suggests that age - associated improvements in the ability to consider the preferences
of others are linked with maturation
of a
brain region involved in self control.
More than any
other experiences in infancy, these rudimentary interactions trigger the development and strengthening
of connections among the
regions of the
brain that control emotion, cognition, language, and memory.
So, when something assaults the gut, it has the potential to affect the
brain and
other regions of the body, too.
They also found that in
other regions of the
brain associated with emotional regulation,
brain activity actually decreased while listening to the criticism.
Among 22 patients, the researchers found enhanced memory performance in the four patients with stimulation
of the lateral temporal cortex but not among those with the
other brain regions stimulated.
«The
regions in these networks are not talking to each
other as much as healthy adults
of the same age, even in networks where
brain damage didn't occur.
On the
other hand,
regions of the
brain which aren't associated with intelligence — the visual, auditory, and sensory - motor areas — show small variability and adaptability.
While they don't have definite answers, besides having good genes, Kawas said, the answer is probably a combination
of being resilient to Alzheimer's Disease and also that they did not develop
other dementia - causing conditions, such as microscopic infarctions that occur when blood flow is blocked from certain
regions of the
brain and hippocampal sclerosis, which causes neuron loss.
Damasio soon discovered
other people with damage in the same
regions of the
brain suffering from the same problem.
WHITE MAGIC Targeting parts
of the
brain's white matter, the tissue that connects different
brain regions (shown), may be key to whether stimulating the
brain with electricity will work as a treatment for memory problems and
other ills.
While a clinician may find it difficult to parse whether a patient's stilted conversational manner is rooted in a lack
of emotional connection or problems forming words, a
brain scan in Belger's study made it clear, for example, that particular symptoms were more closely associated with disruption in the
brain's emotional processing areas, whereas
other symptoms were more closely associated with
regions responsible for language and motor control.
With a large number
of electrode channels distributed across the scalp, this method also detects which
brain regions show more slow - wave activity than
others.
As for cortical thinning, Dr. Zhao said that
other research provides convincing evidence to support the theory that reduced cortical layer thickness in some
brain regions may result in the decreased thickness
of the frontal lobe, a large part
of the
brain that is involved in variety
of functions, including emotion.
Most people would go for the first option — unless their
brains are impaired in
regions key to feeling emotion or divining the intentions
of others.
In fact, the authors report in Science this week that damage to that
region is 136 times more likely to result in a «disruption
of smoking addiction» — defined as the ability to quit easily without relapse — than injury to
other parts
of the
brain.
At least one study suggests that in cluster headache sufferers this hypothalamus - adjoining
region may differ not only in its electrical activity but also in its interactions with
other parts
of the
brain.
Your level
of self - control, researchers have found, may have to do with a
region of the
brain that lets us take the perspective
of others — including that
of our future self.
In the new study, published 9 January in Scientific Reports, developmental neuroscientist Moriah Thomason
of Wayne State University School
of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and colleagues report a difference in how certain
brain regions communicate with each
other in fetuses that were later born prematurely compared with fetuses that were carried to term.
Working independently, Dulac and Anderson mapped patterns
of brain activity in different
brain regions while mice sniffed, ignored, fought, or mated with
other mice.
A clever experiment pinpoints the
brain region involved in taking the perspective
of our future selves or that
of others
After exploring the areas
of the
brain that fuel our empathetic impulses — and temporarily disabling
other regions that oppose those impulses — two UCLA neuroscientists are coming down on the optimistic side
of human nature.
Further analysis including in tissues from more patients with
other forms
of epilepsy also showed that CLOCK RNA and protein were often significantly lacking in both in excitatory and inhibitory neurons in affected
brain regions.
A study, published today in Science Advances, found that when scientists used noninvasive
brain stimulation to disrupt a
brain region called the temporoparietal junction (TPJ), people appeared less able to see things from the point
of view
of their future selves or
of another person, and consequently were less likely to share money with
others and more inclined to opt for immediate cash instead
of waiting for a larger bounty at a later date.
The researchers discovered that in
brain regions involved in regulating anxiety — the amygdala and prefrontal cortex — microbe - free mice had an overabundance
of some types
of microRNA and a shortage
of others compared with normal mice.
Although the technique is not yet refined enough to reveal the smallest projections from neurons, says Smith, it allows researchers to spot interesting
regions that they can then cut out and examine more closely using
other techniques — which will improve our understanding
of the
brain.
«Even a moderate dose
of psilocybin weakens the processing
of negative stimuli by modifying amygdala activity in the limbic system as well as in
other associated
brain regions,» continues Krähenmann.
Then they would lie in a high - resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for a grueling 90 minutes while the machine took pictures in 2 - millimeter increments
of their nucleus accumbens, a
region deep in the
brain that (among
other things) controls reward and motivation.
Probably not: the
brain regions identified in this new study, in particular right DLPFC, have previously been highlighted in a number
of other studies addressing related but slightly different questions.
Research suggests that we empathize by effectively putting ourselves in
others» shoes: for example, when we observe someone feeling sad, we simulate their experience by activating the same
regions of the
brain that are involved when we feel sad ourselves.
Because tau can travel long distances within the neuron before its release, it can seed
other regions of the
brain.
The map suggests how many cognitive computing chips should be allocated to the different
regions of any artificial
brain, and which
other chips they should be wired to.
Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the death
of neurons and
other cells in the
brain, with different diseases affecting different
regions of the
brain.
The team focused on the primary auditory cortex, which is the first cortical
region to receive auditory signals from the ears via
other parts
of the
brain, and the nonprimary auditory cortex, which plays a more sophisticated role in processing those stimuli.
Gazzaley wanted to take a broader view
of the
brain to answer questions about memory and aging; he hoped to study how distinct neural
regions interact during memory formation and
other complex cognitive processes.
Surprisingly, despite Broca's area being one
of the most studied human
brain regions, neuroscientists are still not exactly sure what the same
region does, on the
other side
of the
brain.
The results fit with
other evidence that autism may be caused by overdevelopment
of specific
brain regions and schizophrenia by underdevelopment, says Crespi.
Researchers say their findings, published in Annals
of Neurology, are «surprising» as the results differ from what has been seen in studies
of brain regions that harbor
other brain cell - types.
The women's
brains showed greater activity in the frontal cortex — the
region that regulates emotions — during the premenstrual part
of the cycle, but not
other times.
But this came from work in my laboratory and
others that suggested that nerve cells in affected
regions of the Alzheimer
brain looked like they were trying to divide.
Brain regions that responded equally to both tasks yielded a difference
of zero, while those that responded strongly to one task and not the
other showed a high value.
Another doubled - up
region contains enhancers that turn on some genes in the cerebellum, a part
of the
brain that coordinates movement, speech and performs
other important functions.