Sentences with phrase «specific brain changes»

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Understanding complex social problems (including resources and resistance to change) is best achieved by utilizing the group's total brain - power and experience in subcommittees with specific tasks.

A second study, «Arteriolosclerosis that affects multiple brain regions,» appears in a recent issue of the journal Brain, and looks at small blood vessels in patients with HS - Aging and describes a specific change, called «arteriolosclerosis,» which is present in patients with HS - Abrain regions,» appears in a recent issue of the journal Brain, and looks at small blood vessels in patients with HS - Aging and describes a specific change, called «arteriolosclerosis,» which is present in patients with HS - ABrain, and looks at small blood vessels in patients with HS - Aging and describes a specific change, called «arteriolosclerosis,» which is present in patients with HS - Aging.

Using electrophysiological measurements, the researchers could identify specific changes in brain patterns when the volunteers were mind wandering.

They asked patients to wilfully change their brain activity by imagining themselves performing specific tasks for a certain amount of time.

«Brain development and aging: New study reveals that brain signals in specific regions change over a lifespan in ways that might be important for maintaining flexibility.&rBrain development and aging: New study reveals that brain signals in specific regions change over a lifespan in ways that might be important for maintaining flexibility.&rbrain signals in specific regions change over a lifespan in ways that might be important for maintaining flexibility.»

Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).

When a small subset dies, the pattern of activity that the olfactory processing regions in the brain receives for a specific smell doesn't change very much.

The development suggests that fluid changes in a specific brain area could provide a way to track that damage.

Ramsey's brain is already changing as his neurons learn to fire in specific ways that better control the synthesizer.

«Our findings are not a reflection of general brain aging but rather of specific neural changes that are linked to specific problems in object but not spatial memory.»

The study from Zurich investigated structural brain changes in patients suffering from social anxiety disorder after a specific ten - week course of CBT.

A team of brain injury experts led by researchers at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington have found that the more blasts veterans are exposed to, the more they show chronic changes in neuron activity in specific brain regions.

The researchers used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on a specific area of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to briefly alter activity in this brain region and consequently change the amount of punishment a person doled out.

The study, published today in open - access journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, also identifies changes in a specific brain region in the male voles.

The researchers in this study used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on a specific area of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to briefly alter activity in this brain region and consequently change the amount of punishment a person doled out.

The authors of the study said the key question moving forward is to understand what specific changes in brain circuitry give rise to the effects observed in this study.

And small studies of people suggest that eating specific kinds of bacteria may change brain activity and ease anxiety.

Rush is currently seeking volunteers to participate in the study (www.rush.edu/clinical-trials/effect-weight-loss-diets-brain-health-and-cognitive-decline-study), which aims to show whether a specific diet can prevent cognitive decline and brain changes with age.

This view of the brain started to change about 15 years ago, when Israeli neurobiologist Dov Sagi discovered that with intensive training in specific visual tasks, such as target orientation (the ability to look at a dot on the wall, look away, then look back at the dot's exact spot), people much older than 12 months could improve their performance in those tasks.

The ability to recognize specific faces changes the genes at play in a wasp's brain (Polistes fuscatus shown).

Brain imaging revealed a striking finding — significant changes in the communication between specific brain regions correlated with elevated maternal IL - 6 and CRP leBrain imaging revealed a striking finding — significant changes in the communication between specific brain regions correlated with elevated maternal IL - 6 and CRP lebrain regions correlated with elevated maternal IL - 6 and CRP levels.

They caution that additional research is needed to track changes in fitness and brain structure over time, as well as clarify the impact of specific exercise programs (such as strength, aerobic or combined training) or dose of exercise (frequency, intensity, duration) on white matter microstructure.

We identified species - specific gene expression patterns indicating that changes in protein and gene expression have been particularly pronounced in the human brain.

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that changing a specific part of the huntingtin protein prevented the loss of critical brain cells and protected against behavioral symptoms in a mouse model of the disease.

Dr. Tye and her team discovered a role for brain cells that secrete dopamine, dopamine neurons, in a specific brain region which showed changes in activity after social isolation.

Long - lasting changes in brain connectivity require new gene expression, and Dr. Martin has discovered a role for specific signaling molecules that travel from stimulated synapses to the nucleus to change the transcription of DNA to RNA.

He developed an innovative microdialysis approach that allows the in vivo sampling of lipid signaling molecules in the brain (including endocannabinoids) and has demonstrated that voluntary self - administration of ethanol, heroin, and cocaine produces distinct drug - and region - specific changes in brain endocannabinoid levels.

Additionally the functional effects of DBS will be explored in several ways 1) we will look at changes in brain activation patterns in response to specific tasks by means of functional MRI 2) we will look at the striatal D2 binding using [123I] IBZM SPECT 3) we will look at neuropsychological functioning using cognitive tasks.

The current fMRI study used Partial Least Squares to explore age - related changes in whole - brain networks during specific and general AM retrieval.

â $ œWe believe that imaging technology may help us find the signature changes in brain structure that are specific to MCI,» Â says Felicia Goldstein, PhD, associate professor of neurology.

Some of the other tests of brain structure and function were promising, but overall this study indicates that a specific change in nutrition is unlikely to make a large difference to people with Alzheimer's, even in the early stages.

These methods led to seminal discoveries linking changes in motor behavior in Parkinson's disease with the inability of specific brain cells to be modified.

To ensure the detection of brain - specific changes in dilp5 expression, RNA extracted from the brain was used for RT - qPCR.

«The new data presented here suggest that changes which lead to criminal behaviour occur with dysfunction of specific networks — wiring pathways that connect specific parts of the brain.

By manipulating a specific gene in a mouse blastocyst — the structure that develops from a fertilized egg but is not yet an actual embryo — scientists with the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute caused cells destined to build an embryo to instead change direction and build the cell mass that leads to the placenta.

«If we could really describe how diseases change molecules in specific cells within the living brain, it might enable better drug targets to be found.»

Changing a specific part of the huntingtin protein prevented the loss of critical brain cells and protected against behavioral symptoms in a mouse model of the disease.

«In principle,» Sestan said, «small changes in the wiring of the brain can lead to profound and specific functional changes.»

In two studies published in Science and Cell Stem Cell, the team of scientists, who were led by Gladstone senior investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, and are part of the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, used chemical cocktails to gradually coax skin cells to change into organ - specific stem cell - like cells and, ultimately, into heart or brain cells.

Thus, anatomical brain changes may contribute to specific cognitive deficits associated with very preterm birth and could be used in the identification of those individuals who may be at increased risk for cognitive impairment.

Using these techniques, scientists have found progressive changes in the HD brain as time goes on, including shrinkage of specific structures, and the growth of the ventricles as the brain tissue around them degenerates.

The data on acupuncture point specific changes in brain activation and deactivation are shown in Table S2, originating from 76 publications [15], [16], [22], [24], [27], [31], [33], [42], [45]--[47], [51]--[53], [55], [57]--[59], [61], [63], [64], [67], [69], [81]--[107][29], [34], [37], [39], [40], [43], [73], [108]--[126] addressing 37 acupuncture points.

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

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.

A comparison wa made between their behavior change from the beginning to the finish of the research with neural activity in a specific brain region which a previous study had indicated is predictive of behavior change.

In Save Your Brain from Alzheimer's and Dementia, Dr. Passero and I break down the research to make it easy for you to identify your cognitive health risk factors so you can protect and restore optimal brain function — with specific dietary and lifestyle changes that anyone can easily embBrain from Alzheimer's and Dementia, Dr. Passero and I break down the research to make it easy for you to identify your cognitive health risk factors so you can protect and restore optimal brain function — with specific dietary and lifestyle changes that anyone can easily embbrain function — with specific dietary and lifestyle changes that anyone can easily embrace.

A 2016 study by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the UCLA Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, showed that memory loss in Alzheimer's patients can be reversed, and improvement sustained, using a complex, 36 - point therapeutic personalized program that involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals and vitamins, and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry.

The thought is that yoga stimulates specific brain areas which gives rise to changes in antidepressant neurotransmitters like GABA.

«By using supplements of the amino acids that make up specific neurotransmitters, you can actually change the nature and intensity of the brain messages they carry and thus the emotions they affect.»

When we workout, the brain, through its pituitary gland, oversees changes in specific hormones, which take place depending on many physical, chemical and mental factors.