Sentences with phrase «structural brain features»

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Because the brain provides a sort of scaffolding for the facial features, scientists assumed that if something went wrong in brain development, the face would simply lack structural support and become deformed.

Likewise, certain brain regions of these optogenetically stimulated, post-stroke mice showed increased levels of proteins associated with heightened ability of nerve cells to alter their structural features in response to experience — for example, practice and learning.

We are using these new tools to image the structural features of individual cells, such as the cell body and the axons of the cells, which are long fibers that extend from each neuron, together forming the optic nerve that transmits visual information to the brain.

Even in normally developing children, variations in the same brain structural features that are seen in groups with different risk factors, conditions, or pathology emerge as predictors of cognitive function.