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Smooth muscle

...Withholding or removal of contact with any form of stimulation from conspecific s. Full article >>> Constriction of the smooth muscle in airways in the lungs due to exposure to irritant chemicals or to an immunological re action involving release of inflammatory mediators. A B C D E F G H I ...

Purkinje fibers

...ork of Purkinje fibers , which conduct electrical stimulation six times faster than other parts of the heart . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full article >>> atrioventricular (AV) node Tissue in the right ventricle of the heart that receives the impulse from the a...

Plant hormones

... effects, such as phototropic response through the stimulation of cell elongation, stimulation of secondary growth , and the development of leaf traces and fruit. Full article >>>...

Phosphatase

...rotein that is dephosphorylated on nerve terminal stimulation by the calcium-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin and then rephosphorylated by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 on termination of the stimulus. Full article >>> This results in different enzymes with the same function having th...

Immune response

...l article >>> immune response : the stimulation of B and T lymphocytes . incomplete dominance : an allele combination in which two character istics blend and both alleles can express themselves; one example is red, white, and pink snapdragons. Full article >>> - Immune res...

Ileum

...t of the small intestine . immune response : the stimulation of B and T lymphocytes . Full article >>> ileum The part of the intestine lying between the duodenum and the colon , where digestion is completed by enzymes that break down carbohydrates , fates, and proteins . Absorptio...

Hormone

Hormone action s vary widely, but can include stimulation or inhibition of growth, induction or suppression of apoptosis ( programmed cell death ), activation or inhibition of the immune system , ... Full article >>> hormone a chemical substance that is secreted by one organ and prod...

Habituation

...ved in habituation and sensitization, persistent stimulation of the synapse triggers an influx of calcium into the postsynaptic cell . Full article >>>...

Dendrites

...s of a neuron that act to conduct the electrical stimulation received from other cells to and from the cell ... Dendrites were once believed to merely convey stimulation passively, without action potential s and without activation of voltage-gated ion channel s. Full...

Dendrite

... Dendrite s were once believed to merely convey stimulation passively, without action potential s and without activation of voltage-gated ion channel s. Full article >>> dendrite s Short, highly branched fibers that carry signals toward the cell body of a neuron . PICTURE dendrochronolo...

Cooperativity

...ivity LTP can be induced either by strong tetanic stimulation of a single pathway to a synapse , or cooperatively via the weaker stimulation of many. Full article >>> negative cooperativity A phenomenon of some multisubunit ...

Cone cells

... retina ; only cone cells are present and their stimulation leads to acute vision Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology , 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ... Full article >>>...

Collateral

... >>> Field potentials were evoked by stimulation of Schaffer collateral s and recorded in stratum radiatum of the hippocampal slice (i.e. the Schaffer collateral /CA1 synapse s). Full article >>> That's often the worst con sequence of a biofilm infection: the body's own defenses ...