Using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI,scientists from the National Institute of Mental Health hope to know how the brains of teenagers function differently than those of adults.
The researchers have said that the brain continues to develop structurally through adolescence and on into adulthood.
Head Injury | Brain Injury Overview Types Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment
Head injury or traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of disability among children and young adults that leads to varying degrees of physical and mental stability. Fortunately, it is also one of the preventable brain disorder.
Head injury or traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of disability among children and young adults that leads to varying degrees of physical and mental stability. Fortunately, it is also one of the preventable brain disorder.
The researchers studied the amygdala, the major emotional centre in the brain, which undergoes structural reorganization during adolescence, for which they examined emotional learning in both juvenile and adult mice.
"Our work on the amygdala revealed that the neuronal pathways that carry sensory information to the amygdala directly, bypassing cortex, are more plastic in the juvenile than in adult mice," explained senior author Dr. Alexei Morozov.
About Brain Tumor
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
The study has been published in the latest issue of Elsevier's Biological Psychiatry.
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Brilliant Human Brain
The most amazing and complex organ in the entire universe, the human brain continues to remain an enigma.
The most amazing and complex organ in the entire universe, the human brain continues to remain an enigma.
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Interactive section of Medindia provides information about chemistry of Brain depression
