cortical activation

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activation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌæk.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæk.təˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of making something start or making it ...
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It may be that threat simulations are associated with increasedcorticalactivation, leading to intensive motor imagery that breaks through the malfunctioning inhibitory mechanisms.
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It is therefore difficult to account for these decreases in the extent ofcorticalactivationin terms of the progressive maturation of prefrontal cortical areas.
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The conjunction of the specific and non-specific loops is proposed to generate increasedcorticalactivationthrough temporal coincidence.
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Therefore, as reading becomes more skilled, it takes on these characteristics of reduced and focusedcorticalactivation.
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Nevertheless, another view could also be that the dream is a mere by-product of thiscorticalactivation.
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Firstly,corticalactivation, which is for unexplained reasons of great importance; and secondly, a generator mechanism that creates a story based on this activation.
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A number of authors described developmental changes in the spatial extent ofcorticalactivationin a given situation during postnatal life.
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Specifically, as regions become increasingly selective in their response properties during infancy the overall extent ofcorticalactivationduring a given task will decrease.
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Furthermore, the continuous high frequencycorticalactivationdue to the edge effect provides a framework for the development of excitotoxicity of cortical cells.
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Prolonged reaction time to a verbal working memory task predicts increased power of posterior parietalcorticalactivation.
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Our work indicates that cholinergic neurons, which discharge rhythmically, discharge selectively in association withcorticalactivation.
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We found the majorcorticalactivationdue to global integration of local color differences to be in the anterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus.
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We found the majorcorticalactivation, caused by color scission, to be located in the anterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus.
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The phonologic training had alteredcorticalactivationpatterns associated with the development of more direct word recognition and less decoding.
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In brief, our view is that at the dreaming end of the continuum there is more overlap ofcorticalactivation patterns, or more bringing into conjunction elements often kept separate.
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In summary, catatonia can be characterized by reduced right orbitofrontalcorticalactivationand abnormal orbitofrontal-premotor / motor connectivity during negative emotional stimulation.
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Deficit in medial orbitofrontalcorticalactivationduring negative emotional processing leads to alteration in balance between medial and lateral pathways in the prefrontal cortex.
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Therefore, thecorticalactivationelicited by words should reflect aspects of word meaning, a postulate that has received strong support from recent work using neurophysiological and metabolic imaging.
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