Sentences with phrase «using different brain regions»

People who had practiced mindfulness meditation seemed to be using different brain regions than the other groups to reduce pain.

In a virtual arena, at - risk populations keep to the edges and appeared to navigate using different brain regions

Not exact matches

Focusing on the neural pathway from the brain's prefrontal cortex to the amygdala, they combined optogenetics — a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons in living tissue — with behavioral testing, a methodology that allows researchers to study functional connections between different regions of the brain.

«Without using markers for different brain regions, the claim that he has achieved a 3D model of the brain is entirely unjustified.»

Researchers used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), an enhancement of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to evaluate and compare the structural and functional properties of the main connections between different brain regions.

When the researchers analyzed the brain scans, they found that the memory champs were activating some brain regions that were different from those the control subjects were using.

Currently, fcMRI is not used clinically, and the kinds of MRI and CT scans used to assess stroke damage don't measure how well different brain regions work together.

For instance, knowing if there is a simple increase or decrease in connectivity between brain regions compared to healthy individuals, or whether those with autism use entirely different brain regions to implement cognitive flexibility will enable researchers to better design interventions to improve cognitive flexibility skills.

In the study, the researchers then used a combination of different techniques to map the connections from the habenula to the frontal area of the brain, and to precisely control the activity of neurons in these regions.

One of Cohen's main tools was functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the same instrument Greene and Cushman used to observe blood oxygen levels in different regions of the brain.

Different types of cognitive tasks spur activity in various regions of the brain, as indicated by studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

The in vitro model was used to extensively characterize the differences between neurons from different regions of the brain and to mimic the system's connectivity.

To develop a comprehensive view of astrocyte gene expression, the duo used the technique in four very different areas of the mouse brain: two regions of the cortex and the hypothalamus and cerebellum.

In addition, as with the human brain, the fly brain is compartmentalized into regions that process different sensory information (visual, acoustic, olfactory), and it uses the same types of neurotransmitters as humans.

«It might also be used to study how neurons from different regions of the brain communicate with each other.»

Further bolstering this idea, the researchers used an MRI - based method to measure the white matter that connects different brain regions and found that the IFJ is highly connected with both the FFA and PPA.

Although these tumors originate in different regions of the brain, all of them originate near or can spread to the cerebral cortex, the brain's highly folded outer layer that helps us perceive the world, form conscious thoughts and use language.

The brain regions they used to make those choices were also different: for individuals with anorexia nervosa, choices about what to eat were associated with activation in the dorsal striatum, a brain region known to be related to habitual control of actions.

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

Neuroscientist Jason Cooperrider and colleagues scanned Grandin's brain using three different methods: high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which captures the structure of the brain; diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a method to trace the connections between brain regions; and functional MRI, which indicates brain activity.

A new study using different brain imaging techniques linked the intensity of an individual's placebo effect to the amount of dopamine (a neurotransmitter involved in the pleasure and reward pathway) released in a midbrain region called the nucleus accumbens.

Using MRI, the researchers studied the pattern of nerve fibers projecting from the corpus callosum to different regions of the brain.

In addition, his lab has used cutting - edge molecular tools to dissect how the different cell types in the downstream brain regions work together with dopamine for control of actions.

Dr. Ressler's group uses well - established mouse models to examine different aspects of fear learning and investigate the role of different brain regions, in particular the amygdala, in fear processing.

Infection in duck brain tissues collected from different regions was assessed using RT - PCR with BYDV E gene - specific primers.

In addition to previously mentioned differences (Figure 5b, c), we show that average modules corresponding to the ventral and dorsal attention brain regions are quite different than those found using module specific SI in Figure 4.

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a region of the brain which co-ordinates the circadian rhythm using many different signalling molecules, including the neurohormone vasopressin.

Research is beginning to show the connection In a 2005 study, researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures activity in different areas of the brain, to see whether subjects could learn to control a brain region involved in pain and whether that could be a tool for altering their pain perception.

Assumptions are often made that differences in patterns of brain activation between females and males in a particular task must mean that females and males use different mental processes to complete that task; however, mental processes are highly complex and involve interaction between many different regions of the brain (Fine, 2013).

Using a technology called functional Near - InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS), which uses infrared light to track changes in blood oxygen in different parts of the brain to provide a measure of what brain regions are becoming more activated (consuming more oxygen) during certain tasks, the investigation will compare the brain patterns of children with ASD and typical children who have similar imitation scores and eyetracking patterns, to determine whether children with ASD process the same imitation tasks differently from typically developing children, at the level of their brain activity.

Pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time — and seem to use a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so.