a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
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Neuromuscular junction
the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
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the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology, Medical physiology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology, Medical physiology.a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology.the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the acti…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology, Psychological neuroscience, Neuroscience biology, Medical physiology.(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Psychology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
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(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: junction, nerve, fiber, muscle, supplies.
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