Sentences with phrase «other brain features»

In the course of screening over 180 mutant mouse strains with a systematic battery of behavioral tests, Dr. Tsuyoshi Miyakawa and his colleagues found that mice with heterozygous knockout of the alpha - isoform of calcium / calmodulin - dependent protein kinase II (αCaMKII) exhibit behavioral deficits and other brain features consistent with bipolar disorder.

Not exact matches

Thus it is possible that a single neuron might be interdependent in the mode of ontic power with a macroscopic feature of action (e.g., conscious understanding) simultaneous with it and also make a contribution by way of its causal power to a later neural occurrence in some other part of the brain.

Beyond PSP, other brain diseases are also marked by abnormal tau clumps — among them a rare movement disorder called corticobasal degeneration, an inherited form of frontotemporal dementia with Parkinson's - like features, and Alzheimer's disease.

If you go into the brain stem or into other subcortical areas of the brain, the neurons have no distinguishing features.

But within days skeptics emerged, countering that the tiny remains instead belonged to a small - bodied population of modern humans and that LB1 — with her tiny brain and other odd features — was a diseased member of the group.

Other diagnostic features include the forward position of the gut opening in the brain and the arrangement of optic centers outside and inside the brain supplied by two pairs of eyes, just like in horseshoe crabs.

While they wouldn't be mistaken for Lilliputian - sized brains, some of their fine - grained features bear a remarkable resemblance to the human cerebral cortex, home to our memories, decision making and other high - level cognitive powers.

And researchers must figure out how to build in some core features: the necessary blood vessels, immune - system cells called microglia and connections from other brain regions, such as the thalamus and cerebellum.

They then put the dishes into special chambers called bioreactors that keep them warm and in gentle motion reminiscent of a womb, encouraging the cells to form blobs with working neurons and many other features of a full - size human brain.

Her team scanned 12 people's brains while they looked at hundreds of images of noses, eyes, mouths and other facial features and recorded which bits of the brain became active.

These maps, they say, will show everything from relative sizes of anatomical features to differences in brains associated with age, race, gender, educational background, genetic composition, and other distinguishing characteristics.

For Seung, the brain's ability to produce memories and other features of the mind has always been an irresistible mystery.

Co-author Dr. Bennet Omalu, who originally described CTE as depicted in the movie Concussion featuring Will Smith, added, «What our current work is doing in addition to other imaging modalities builds the foundation between identifying the negative effects of head trauma on the brain while the patient is still alive so that we can intervene with better treatments.»

Algorithms must first find a face, and then find the eyes and other features that human brains take in at once.

Some of these regions respond just to the actual features of the face, whereas others respond to how things appear to the viewer, but it is unknown where in the brain this difference arises.

If the other features are far away, then the brain interprets the rainbow as a very large object.

Other recommendations address the sentinel facial features associated with exposure to alcohol during pregnancy, the complex brain injury and differential diagnoses.

Besides the redundant scalp and abnormal cranial shapes resulting from the arrest in brain growth, other physical features consistent with ZIKV infection reflect immobility of the joints, resulting from altered brain function in utero.

On the other hand, Carr cautions, the fossil record is still too patchy to pin the success of tyrannosaurs on any particular feature of their brains.

The brain health index predicted more strongly cognitive deficits commonly seen in stroke and SVD than current, validated clinical scoring methods and other computer programmes used for assessing features of brain deterioration.

She decided it definitively because it's absolutely clear from her pelvis and other features that she walked upright on two legs just like we do and yet her brain is no larger than a chimpanzee's brain.

Yet the Sima people also still had relatively small brains and other primitive features, suggesting they were very early members of the lineage that eventually gave rise to Neandertals.

Abnormal clumps of certain proteins in the brain are a prominent feature of Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, but the role those same proteins might play in the normal brain has been unknown.

Such differential hemispheric predilection may also be reflected by other neuroimaging features, such as brain connectivity.

Cholinergic neuron loss is a cardinal feature of Alzheimer's disease, a progressive brain disorder affecting memory, learning, attention and other cognitive processes.

«The NFT is thought to be more closely related to memory decline than other forms of aging - related pathologies, but there are still very few genes that have been implicated in the accumulation of this key feature of Alzheimer's disease and other brain diseases.»

Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito or through sexual or other modes of transmission, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can be prenatally passed from mother to fetus.1 The virus was first identified in the region of the Americas in early 2015, when local transmission was reported in Brazil.2 Six months later, a notable increase in the number of infants with congenital microcephaly was observed in northeast Brazil.3, 4 Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory evidence led investigators to conclude that intrauterine ZIKV infection was a cause of microcephaly and serious brain anomalies.5 - 7 However, as with other newly recognized teratogens, these features likely represent a portion of a broader spectrum.

However, olfactory (nose) neurons connect directly to the brain, and thus share many features with other brain cells.

Each theory makes predictions about the various relationships between brain size, features of societal organization, lifespan, length of childhood, and social learning, among other factors.

Upcoming features will include blog posts, challenges, recipe posts, forums, and a few other ideas that are buzzing around my brain.

She is the author of Brain - Powered Weight Loss and has been featured on CNN, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, WebMD, Shape Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Health, Healthline, Mental Health Weekly, Parade Magazine and others.

Author of Brain - Powered Wellness, published by Rodale Press and Penguin - Random House, she has been featured on WebMD, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Healthline, Mental Health Weekly, Shape Magazine, Parade Magazine, Live Naturally Magazine and many other media outlets.

The next quote I would like to feature from the Calabrese et al (1) paper addresses the common misconception that the blood - brain barrier and other factors will protect the brain from the ravages of systemic inflammation:

Featured, Race & Politics Coward With Terminal Brain Cancer Jumps Out Of Government - Funded Death Bed To Kill Other Sick People

After the show ended in 1994, Thompson appeared in the pseudo-documentary about a porn actor / director, Super 8 1/2 (1994), and joined the other Kids for the troupe's feature debut Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996).

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Infiniti also gave the G37 Coupe brains to go along with its brawn, making a suite of cabin tech available that includes hard - drive - based navigation with space for music storage, voice command, and iPod integration, among other features.

Dognition is a great place to learn about your dog's personality and learning style, and it has featured a version of this game for members along with many other brain games that will keep your dog thinking.

Phantasy Star II opens 1,000 years after the end of the first game, and features both the return of series antagonist Dark Falz, as well as the introduction of the series» other major villian, Mother Brain.

With some of my daughter's heartbreaking reproaches about my art practice seared in my brain, I ventured out this week to see «To Be A Lady: Forty - five Women in the Arts,» a superb exhibition, curated by Jason Andrew, that features work by many legendary artist mothers, including Louise Nevelson and Grace Hartigan who famously left their offspring to be raised by others, and Alice Neel, an unconventional mother whose grandson Andrew's documentary reveals his father's deep resentment about Neel's choices.

The Museum is collaborating with Allen Institute for Brain Science, Oregon Health & Science University's Brain Institute, NW Noggin and other regional partners to bring a neuroscience lens to the Museum's featured exhibition.

Others have strange errors, such as another «Featured Lawyer» profile on the front page of the Boston site for birth - injury lawyer Joseph A. Pellegrino that links to a page for brain - injury lawyer Kenneth Kolpan (and misspells his name as Koplan).

Attracting brain power to its cause is critical if it is to keep pace with Google, which has hired thousands of Ph.D. s and other software jockeys in the last few years to devise clever algorithms and add features aimed at pleasing users and advertisers alike.