Sentences with phrase «then brain volume»

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Then he used computers to mark the boundaries of different brain regions and estimate their volume.

The prominent British anatomist Sir Arthur Keith in 1948 gave 855 cc as the lowest known human brain volume (compared with 650 cc as the then highest known brain volume for a gorilla).

Simply take a sample of the brain, count the number of neurons in that sample and then extrapolate that information to account for the remaining brain volume.

The brain then shuts off production of LH (luteinizing hormone), the hormone that tells the testicles to produce testosterone, and the testicles may then experience a change in testicular firmness or volume as a result.

Starting at age 40, we lose about 5 percent of our brain volume per decade, but then at age 70 other conditions may start to accelerate the deterioration.

Here we first established the relationship between the predictor (income - to - needs ratio) and the potential mediators (caregiver education, parenting, and life events), and then examined the relationships of the mediators to the outcome (brain volume) and, when significant, whether they reduced the direct effect of income - to - needs ratio on brain volumes.

An increased volume of communication between the brain hemispheres, via the corpus callosum, is believed to then be the reason for the improved executive functions many musicians have.