Neurobiological Alterations Associated With Traumatic Stress

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......with changes in the limbic system, the hypothalamic...that are part of the limbic system. The hypothalamicpituitary-adren...regions, primarily the limbic system, a network of neural...further processing. Prefrontal Cortex One of these specialized regions is the ...

Teens and decision making: what brain science reveals.(HEADS UP: REAL NEWS...

Junior Scholastic;  April 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......matures late is the prefrontal cortex, located directly...your forehead. The prefrontal cortex is very important...matures earlier is the limbic system, which plays a central...responses. Since the limbic system matures earlier...emotional center (limbic ...

Teens and decision making: what brain science reveals: do you ever act...

Scholastic Choices;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......matures late is the prefrontal cortex, located directly...your forehead. The prefrontal cortex is very important...matures earlier is the limbic system, which plays a central...responses. Since the limbic system matures earlier...emotional center (limbic ...

Teens and decision making: what brain science reveals.(HEADS UP REAL NEWS...

New York Times Upfront;  April 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......matures late is the prefrontal cortex, located directly...your forehead. The prefrontal cortex is very important...matures earlier is the limbic system, which plays a central...responses. Since the limbic system matures earlier...emotional center (limbic ...

The brain game: teens' brains are complex and fascinating. Find out why...

Scholastic Choices;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......are built up. Prefrontal Cortex As Giedd and other...matures last is the prefrontal cortex. (Knock on the...starts. That's your prefrontal cortex.) This is the...organized, your prefrontal cortex is still running...says that the prefrontal cortex isn't ...

Scans Help Scientists Catch Glimpses of Brain Activity, Reports The...

U.S. Newswire;  July 24, 2006 ;     392 words ......two brain regions: the limbic system, where memory meets emotion, and the prefrontal cortex, which supports planning...fear and anger within the limbic system. Treatment with either...heighten activity in the prefrontal cortex and decrease it in the...different parts of ...

TEEN BRAINS LACK IMPULSE CONTROL.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......particularly in an area called the prefrontal cortex, which is critical to good judgment...these feelings is a function of the prefrontal cortex. This is the part that distinguishes...that glitters is not gold. Without a prefrontal cortex, it would be impossible to have societies...

Posing the right question; Philosophy and neuroscience.

The Economist (US);  March 24, 2007 ;     663 words ......of the brain called the limbic system. These emotions--along with the limbic system--are shared by all mammals...particular part of the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain...that specific part of the prefrontal cortex, known as the ventromedial prefrontal ...

Close-up: teen brain: the thrills of a lifetime.(Heads Up Real News About...

Scholastic Choices;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......develops early. The brain's limbic system is responsible for emotional...feel a certain way; your limbic system makes it happen. In teenagers...independent adult. The limbic system creates feelings of drive...kinds of thought--the prefrontal cortex--is the last part ...

Close-up: teen brain.(Heads Up Real News about Drugs and your Body)

Junior Scholastic;  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......develops early. The brain's limbic system is responsible for emotional...feel a certain way; your limbic system makes it happen. In teenagers...independent adult. The limbic system creates feelings of drive...those kinds of thought--the prefrontal cortex--is the last ...

FOR THE BODY, LOVE CAN BE A KICK IN THE HEAD.(LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  February 16, 1996 ;     700+ words ......the subtlety of a car crash, your limbic system - the most ancient region of the brain...first flickers apparently begin in the prefrontal cortex, the section of your brain that enables...unrequited love, the yearnings of the prefrontal cortex fail to get reinforced by actual ...

Myths of addiction go up in smoke

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  May 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......everyone's brain called the limbic system that allows people to, among...regardless of the intent, the limbic system is stimulated and neurochemicals...especially dopamine, rise in the limbic system and give people a pleasurable...

Vocabulary Match each word in Column A to its meaning in Column B.(Brief...

Science World;  March 31, 2008 ;     67 words ...Column A 1. synapse 2. myelination 3. prefrontal cortex 4. limbic system 5. synaptic pruning Column B A. brain area important for thinking ahead and sizing up risk and reward B. process in which axons...

The Genius Engine: Where Memory, Reason, Passion, Violence, and Creativity...

Science News;  March 24, 2007 ;     166 words ......the Human Brain KATHLEEN STEIN The prefrontal cortex of the human brain has caught the...journalist, reveals the power of the prefrontal cortex and its role in human cognition...upcoming events. In essence, the prefrontal cortex gives us executive control over our...

BRAIN SCANS DRAW A DARK IMAGE OF THE VIOLENT MIND

The Boston Globe;  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of the brain - the prefrontal cortex, which lies just behind...metabolism in the prefrontal cortex, a sign that this...suffer damage to the prefrontal cortex can become impulsive...functioning in the prefrontal cortex. In addition, in murderers...brain cells within the ...