Dr. Ressler's group uses well - established mouse models to examine different aspects of fear learning and investigate
the role of different brain regions, in particular the amygdala, in fear processing.
Not exact matches
«New analysis
of brain network activity offers unique insight into epileptic seizures: Researchers are exploring «evolving epileptic
brain networks» to gain a better understanding
of brain activity in epilepsy patients and the
roles played by
different regions of the
brain.»
Previous studies have shown for
different brain regions that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5 receptor) plays a crucial
role in this long - term form
of synaptic plasticity.
The nucleus accumbens is recognized as an integration centre for signals coming from many
different brain regions, but the precise
role of the
different connections, and the means
of their integration, resulting in specific behaviours, was until recently impossible to dissect.
In an effort to disentangle the
roles that
different regions of the
brain play in complex problem solving, researchers have traced the networks
of neurons activated in chess players»
brains as they contemplate their next move.