People whose electrodes were
stimulating white matter did better on the memory tasks, the researchers discovered.
Not exact matches
New research on epilepsy patients suggests that
stimulating a particular stretch of the brain's
white matter — tissue that transfers nerve signals around the brain — improves performance on memory tests.
New research on epilepsy patients suggests that
stimulating a particular stretch of the brain's
white matter — tissue that transfers nerve signals around the brain — improves performance on memory...
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
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
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.
For example,
stimulating in gray
matter could disrupt neuronal computations, whereas electrodes that are confined to
white matter may enhance excitatory drive to downstream regions (Afraz et al., 2006; Arcot Desai et al., 2014; Fetsch et al., 2014; Histed et al., 2009).