Sentences with phrase «specific areas of the brain»

Researchers used a new MRI technique to measure both volume and shape changes in specific areas of the brain, which are both important indicators for tracking the development of dementia.

Even the people predicted to be far from onset had specific areas of brain change during the 3 - year duration of the study.

It turns out that specific areas of the brain light up in children who are read to more often.

This is a useful study for brain scientists because it suggests what specific areas of the brain might contribute to depression in HD.

Comparison images taken and two and four weeks postpartum revealed a small but significant increase in gray matter volume in specific areas of the brain.

Brain stimulation is already used to treat some patients with PD, but the therapy targets specific areas of the brain that are important for motor control (not the frontal cortex) and only improves movement problems of PD.

Once I obtained aggressive behaviors in rats by stimulating specific areas of the brain, I started asking whether they liked or disliked the feelings by having them press a lever to turn the stimulation on or off.

«Only by understanding the complexities of what happens in specific cell - types found in specific areas of the brain during this disease can targeted treatments for Parkinson's disease be produced.»

Little is known, however, about which specific areas of the brain contribute to a patient's epileptic network or the roles these different areas play.

«Like physical exercise, the more you use specific areas of your brain, the more it grows and gets stronger.»

The treatment involves electrodes surgically inserted into specific areas of the brain.

«Structural studies often appear normal but what we can do better with functional neuroimaging with SPECT is not only pinpoint specific areas of the brain that are unhealthy with low blood flow, but also demonstrate their improvement with successful brain rehabilitation treatments in persons like football players.»

In previous analysis of MRI data, Hudziak and his team discovered that cortical thickening or thinning in specific areas of the brain reflected the occurrence of anxiety and depression, attention problems, aggression and behavior control issues even in healthy kids — those without a diagnosis of a disorder or mental illness.

Grafman's team found patterns of blood flow in specific areas of the brain suggesting certain ideological proclivities that could be correlated with party affiliation.

Theoretically, a spectrum of different drugs that modulate neural frequencies or target specific areas of the brain could fine - tune attention to suit the task at hand.

«Only by understanding the complexities of what happens in specific cell - types found in specific areas of the brain during this disease can targeted treatments be produced.

The EEG promptly reads these electrical waves and relates them to memory, emotions and attention according to the activity in specific areas of the brain.

The authors searched for genetic mutations that might explain the disproportionately high risk of SUDEP in people with poorly controlled focal epilepsy, which, by definition stems from a specific area of the brain.

The study found a notable correlation between the brain signals created by films in all test participants (below), and these similar signals were found in specific areas of the brain (above).

«It's a portable and fairly inexpensive imaging device — compared to MRI — and most important, it allows us to combine both spatial and temporal information, meaning what is going on in a specific area of the brain and when the activation is occurring,» Dr. Kontos said.

New work by researchers at Vanderbilt University and Harvard University confirms that a specific area of the brain, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, is crucial to punishment decisions.

A neurosurgical procedure in which an implanted neurostimulator delivers electrical signals to specific areas of the brain to help regulate abnormal signals, DBS is currently only approved in the U.S. for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

Scientists know that our memories are stored in specific areas of the brain, but there has been some debate over whether a single brain region can store different memories that control opposing behavior.

In this painless treatment, low - level current is passed through two electrodes placed over the head to tweak the electrical activity in specific areas of the brain.

To signal which direction to move, the researchers generated a phosphene through transcranial magnetic stimulation, a well - known technique that uses a magnetic coil placed near the skull to directly and noninvasively stimulate a specific area of the brain.

«The overall decrease in stroke was driven by men having fewer ischemic strokes, a type of stroke caused by a lack of blood flow to a specific area of the brain,» said Madsen.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine - producing («dopaminergic») neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra.

The researchers looked at the dentate gyrus, a specific area of the brain that is critical to memory and particularly vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease, and compared the genes that were turned on and off in normal mice and a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

«Despite its intuitive appeal, it has been difficult to pin down specific areas of the brain that are associated with criminality.

Furthermore, brain volume, both overall and in specific areas of the brain, has been tied to cognitive functioning.

The condition itself occurs in a specific area of the brain due to dysfunction of certain neurotransmitters (chemical messengers).

The treatment delivers magnetic pulses to specific areas of the brain.

It involves implanting electrodes in specific areas of the brain, then connecting them to a pulse generator placed under the skin of the chest.

Questions activate a specific area of the brain that attempts to seek the answer; we are «hardwired» to seek the answers of the questions asked of us and those questions we ask ourselves.

Focal seizures start in a specific area of the brain and either remain localized, resulting in only facial twitching or excessive blinking, for instance, or may spread and become generalized, leading to a grand mal seizure.

In rare cases, surgery may be used to either remove a specific area of the brain that is affected, or install an electrical device to assist in controlling seizures.