Sentences with phrase «white matter connectivity»

Delay of gratification is associated with white matter connectivity in the dorsal prefrontal cortex: a diffusion tensor imaging study in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

• Reduced white matter connectivity (as measured by reduced fractional anisotropy and increased radial diffusivity) for two discrete clusters on the forceps minor of the corpus callosum; and

They found that cognitive performance and white matter connectivity in the brain predicted how best we can learn to play the two types of games.

Specifically, they found that processing speed and white matter connectivity in a brain region related to memory were linked to learning to play the strategy game, while learning to play the action game was related to a brain region governing mood.

Not exact matches

This image shows regions of the white matter skeleton in which connectivity in IED subjects was significantly lower than healthy controls.

«Most previous studies have focused on using one technique at a time, even though we have evidence that there are alterations in the brain in autism in terms of structure, white - matter connectivity, and brain chemical concentrations.

In collaboration with Emory University and UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine, the team's work shows improved recovery in white matter, the «superhighways of connectivity» that connect key centers of the brain.

The images showed features such as the size of each brain region, the level of connectivity between neurons, and how much white matter was insulating the neurons.

The researchers found a link between abnormalities in white matter and a decrease in functional connectivity in the brain's default - mode network, a set of regions that typically shows abnormal behavior in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.

This study investigated white matter (WM) microstructure and functional connectivity differences between SD and bvFTD, focusing on the hemispheric predilection of these differences.

Keywords: Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, diffusion tensor imaging, functional connectivity, lateralization, resting state functional MRI, semantic dementia, white matter microstructure

The underpinnings of the abnormal relationship between structural and functional connectivity in this and other brain disorders are unknown, and their investigation may provide insight into the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, and possibly into compensatory mechanisms that may promote recovery of functional connectivity in case of congenital or acquired white matter loss.

A growing body of literature documents age - related increases in white matter volume (Lenroot and Giedd, 2006), which may be related to increases in long - range functional connectivity from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood (Fair et al., 2008; Kelly et al., 2009).

White matter maturation reshapes structural connectivity in the late developing human brain.

We discuss eight articles that directly compare resting - state functional connectivity with structural connectivity and three clinical case studies of patients with limited white matter connections between the cerebral hemispheres.

Neuroscientists have shown that chronic stress can even cause differences in grey and white matter in the brain, as well as the size and connectivity of the amygdala.

Dr. Johnson's research uses advanced magnetic resonance images of the animal brain in order to study the structure and connectivity of the white matter in the equine brain as well as to identify MRI biomarkers for canine degenerative myelopathy and to improve our ability to understand and diagnose canine epilepsy.

This audio summary reviews a cohort study exploring the association between prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and gray matter volume and white matter structural connectivity in newborn infants.