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Stimulation

Main Entry:	stim·u·late [stim-yuh-leyt] /ˈstɪmyəˌleɪt/ Show Spelled
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Caloric stimulation is a test that uses differences in temperature to diagnose damage to the ear or brainstem.

It will give you the intellectual stimulation and challenge that you need.

These cells release serotonin into the limbic system in response to sensory-nerve stimulation.

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Caloric stimulation is a test that uses differences in temperature to diagnose damage to the ear or brainstem.

It will give you the intellectual stimulation and challenge that you need.

These cells release serotonin into the limbic system in response to sensory-nerve stimulation.

They are using electromagnetic stimulation on the brains of people who can see to render them partially and temporarily blind.

So, putting people in stress-free environments without stimulation is certainly a way to make us unhappy.

Now, a new technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation may let neuroscientists hack.

The secretin stimulation test measures the ability of the pancreas to respond to a hormone called secretin.

There are lots of other places you could find the kind of intellectual stimulation you crave.

The upper economic strata dull the stimulation by drinking plenty of scotch whiskey, which also leads to inefficiency at work.

She has lots of toys and stimulation and she won't stop.

Direct stimulation of the arousal centers in patients may restore awareness.

The new field was dubbed optogenetics: optical stimulation plus genetic engineering.

The experiment showed that electrical stimulation can unlock the ability of the spinal cord to control movement.

Finally, the technologies of the imagination provide stimulation of a sort that is impossible to get in the real world.

Sufferers have trouble concentrating on any task unless they receive constant feedback, stimulation and reward.

But participants who did not receive the same pattern of stimulation showed no difference between these.

The question, of course, is what this stimulation might consist.

As the energy drink market grows, so do concerns about the safety of combining so much stimulation with exercise.

Every student can learn new ways to think and learn, given stimulation to do so.

In particular, these chemicals affect changes in response to different types of stimulation in the hippocampus.

Young people are exposed to digital stimulation for several hours every day, and many older adults are not far behind.

While the stimulation is being applied to the visual cortex, some patients report seeing blobs of light in their field of vision.

The epidural stimulation and the pharmacology is changing the functional state of that circuitry.

Perhaps age has less to do with the development of ideas than does the intellectual stimulation that comes with change.

Nerves propagate information electrically-hence the use of electrodes for deep-brain stimulation.

Your auditory nerve adjusts automatically to the intensity of sound stimulation.

Or what if you use transcranial stimulation to increase your empathy.

Electrode stimulation is the standard tool for rapidly driving nerve cells to fire.

Rap is part of the constant stimulation that students seem unable to live without.

He is ignorant to the history of tax cuts and economic stimulation.

Categorizing these patterns of visual stimulation allows you to make sense of an often complex and chaotic world.

But this particular egg chair adds even more sensual stimulation to the mix.

But brain stimulation does not have to stop with the diploma.

However, bank bailouts and stimulation brought about by printing so much debt is driving the federal budget to the brink.

It requires a series of hormonal stimulation injections as well as an invasive procedure to retrieve the eggs.

Both are disposable devices ingeniously designed to provide both suction and tactile stimulation.

In the way of sustained intellectual stimulation it has had few rivals.

Recurrent stimulation wouldn't help an economy which has basically lost all it's inherent confidence.

Infants and toddlers do not benefit from constant electronic stimulation.

Despite some advocates, the idea of treating blindness through electrical stimulation did not catch on.

And as a bit of mental stimulation it is certainly no higher in the scale.

Moreover there professionals are more focused on their personal intellectual stimulation ie self rewarding activities.

Ultimately, the nerve ending stimulation leads to activation of a reflex inside the brain.

Technology allows an incredible amount of information and potential stimulation to be constantly, and concurrently, accessible.

Berrol proposes bringing the stimulation process right into the hospital's intensive-care section.

He knew that integrin stimulation sets off signalling cascades, including one that brings about cell contraction.

Blogs extend that dynamic beyond the show floor for year-round mutual stimulation.

First, participants experienced noxious thermal stimulation on their left forearms.

The presence of a fever is usually related to stimulation of the body's immune response.

What is more, each of them is exposed to a much wider variety of stimulation.

Resnais means you to feel-the extreme and abnormal stimulation of a complete cinematic experience.

Most highly gifted children crave stimulation more than anything.

The story has to do with developing another drug that counteracts the stimulation of hunger caused by marijuana.

Occasionally, electrical stimulation and biofeedback therapy may be used with bladder retraining.

The essence here is the stimulation of independent thought and has far reaching consequences beyond this simple memory experiment.

Legos remained available for the constructional stimulation that our puberty ridden brains so desired.

It is hard to keep one's self open and receptive to stimulation.

Reflexes are predictable, uncontrollable responses to a certain type of stimulation.

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