Sentences with phrase «with abnormal brain activity»

Implanted devices send targeted electrical stimulation to the nervous system to interfere with abnormal brain activity, and it is commonly assumed that neurons are the only important brain cells that need to be stimulated by these devices.

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By itself this finding is consistent with a materialist view of mind (if, as materialism requires, the brain enables the mind, then abnormal patterns of brain activity are likely to be correlated with dysfunctional mental states).

Even if a scan shows abnormal activity in a brain region associated with impulse control or regulation of emotions, such imaging provides no more than probabilistic information, Hyman said.

This creates «virtual patients» with symptoms that can literally be switched on and off with a snap of the fingers, making it easier to study the abnormal brain activity that causes them.

But for those with REM sleep behavior disorder, abnormal activity in the brain stem prompts the system to break down.

Both self - described psychics and people with schizophrenia also showed abnormal neuronal activity in several brain regions responsible for monitoring our internal representations of reality.

«More importantly, these findings encourage the search for personalized music - based interventions for the treatment of brain disorders associated with aberrant dopaminergic neurotransmission as well as abnormal mood and emotion - related brain activity.»

To understand where in the brain this activity was coming from, Dr. Cho and her group first tried to modulate this abnormal activity with drugs that modulate sleep and wake cycles.

Brain Tumor What it is: Abnormal cells grow into a mass that interferes with brain actiBrain Tumor What it is: Abnormal cells grow into a mass that interferes with brain actibrain activity.

Reduced metabolic activity of brain cells and neurons means less brain activity and a decreased ability of the brain to clear abnormal structures like the beta - amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.

These findings suggest that preschool children with high levels of disruptive behavior may show abnormal brain activity during certain self - regulation sub-processes, informing potential advances in conceptualizing and treating early disruptive behavior.