neuronal connections

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neuronal
adjective
uk
/njʊəˈrəun.əl/us
/nʊˈroʊ.nəl/
relating to a nerve cell or a neuron (= a basic unit of a ...
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connection
noun
uk
/kəˈnek.ʃən/us
/kəˈnek.ʃən/
the state of being related to someone or ...
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Aneuronalconnectionbetween the lacrimal gland (tear duct) and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established.
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These remote neuronal connections, which support the de-localized aspects of brain activity, should contribute to our measures of total activity.
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Furthermore, the right orbitofrontal cortex shows a higher density of neurons and neuronal connections, which may account for predominance of right hemispheric activation (see below).
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All these results indicate that there are well-established neuronal connections in the thalamohyperstriatal system by the time of hatching.
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During development, reciprocal interactions between differentiating glial cells and neurons are important for establishing neuronal connections.
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However, we are using the term, as is common in cognitive science, to refer to the neuronal connections of the brain that store information.
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This data provides a clue of possible neuronal connections in the thalamo-hyperstriatal system which may be responsive, to some extent, to visual inputs by hatching.
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This process may be determined by selective survival of functionally meaningful neuronal connections, a process that might be dependent, though not exclusively, upon experience.
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This interplay between contributions from localized and de-localized neuronal connections provides insight to important questions of brain organization.
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At least as children, the neuronal connections for these beings are only influenced by the surroundings to the extent of recording vague memories of their uneventful lives.
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All of the reports mentioned seem to confirm the present anatomical findings that the thalamo-hyperstriatal neuronal connections, at least at a structural level, are established by the time of hatching.
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In a sense, the brain is learning by establishing new neuronal connections for things that have been learned.
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Visual input altered the development of neuronal connections in the auditory cortex, thus enabling animals to use their hearing cortex to see.
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Additionally, photostimulation may be used for the mapping of neuronal connections between different areas of the brain by uncaging signaling biomolecules with light.
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After brain damage, new neuronal connections and pathways can be built, reshaped, and rewired.
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Through a process called synaptic pruning, unnecessary neuronal connections in the brain are eliminated and the amount of grey matter is pared down.
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Many similar structures and basic functions exist between the two types of neuronal connections.
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The structure of the neocortex is relatively uniform (hence the alternative names iso- and homotypic cortex), consisting of six horizontal layers segregated principally by cell type and neuronal connections.
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