stimulation
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The researchers combined electrical stimulation with rapid freezing to capture tiny membrane changes in mouse and human brain slices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The new study found that this stimulation weakens the macrophages' ability to engulf neutrophils.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Once they understood why they found certain situations challenging, it was easier to give themselves permission for things like rest and breaks from sensory stimulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"This effect was also observed in germ-free mice, suggesting that butyrate can establish a lasting intestinal environment that does not depend on continuous microbial stimulation."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sure, they were in love with each other, but history was like the be-all, end-all of intellectual stimulation to them.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
That device sends mild electrical stimulations through the vagus nerve to the brain, sparking a release of chemicals like serotonin and dopamine which help us regulate our mood.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
It turned out that both were equally as sensitive to the strong stimulations.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023
Scientists demonstrated that the jellies could acquire the ability to avoid obstacles through associative learning, a process through which organisms form mental connections between sensory stimulations and behaviors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023
Knowing where to direct brain stimulations also does not resolve the question of what frequency to use, scientists said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
If perception is just the translation of future possible stimulations into present fact, there is assuredly no justification for the notion that perception distorts the facts or that discrepancies among different perceptions prove their "subjectivity."
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
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