Since its introduction in 1985 by Barker and colleagues [2], TMS has been used to probe motor cortex excitability [3] [6], map motor and cognitive functions [7], [8], study anatomical and functional connectivity [8], [9], and modulate brain function with therapeutic aims [6], [10], [11].
In theory, synapse engineering could modulate brain function more precisely.
Research with human participants, particularly in experiments that involve modulating brain function, is never taken lightly in the United Kingdom.
Though inflammation has been shown to modulate activity within discrete brain regions, how it affects distributed information processing and the architecture of whole brain functional connectivity networks have not previously been investigated.
Few studies have explored the effect of pain on brain functional connectivity [7] [11], in which there is little known as to how pain modulates brain networks, which operate together at rest as a functional unit [7], [9].
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we examined how the three classic prototypes of attachment style (secure, avoidant, anxious) modulate brain responses to facial expressions conveying either positive or negative feedback about task performance (either supportive or hostile) in a social game context.
This hints at another way in which changes in myelin distribution could modulate brain activity.
Nevertheless, our findings provide objective evidence that illumination conditions modulate brain activity.
Neurosteroids are synthesized in the brain and modulate brain excitability.
Mechanics are increasingly recognized to play an important role in modulating brain form and function.
