The phrase "a reduction in functional" is not complete and lacks clarity in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing a decrease in functionality or effectiveness, but it needs to be followed by a noun to specify what is being reduced.
Example: "The study indicated a reduction in functional capacity of the muscle after the injury."
Alternatives: "a decrease in functionality" or "a decline in functional ability."
During pregnancy, static lung function remains the same except for a reduction in functional residual capacity (FRC), expiratory reserve volume (ERV) and residual volume (RV) [ 41].
There may be additional benefits of EDCC intervention, such as improved patient satisfaction, quality of life, and a reduction in functional decline.
In hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, GluR-A−/− mice showed a reduction in functional AMPA receptors, with the remaining receptors preferentially targeted to synapses.
The rationale here is that as wild type UCP-2 in its functional form is a dimer, the dominant negative approach allows examination of a reduction in functional wild type protein [29].
By observing a general reduction in genome size and in the number and disorder of transcription factors, we suggest that adaptation to extreme temperatures has occurred via a reduction in functional complexity favoring metabolism at the expense of regulation.
Species loss driven by the imposed environmental change can lead to the loss of functional groups when redundancy is low (i.e. only one species per functional group), and a reduction in functional diversity enhances the risk of invasions (see above).
Their hallmark is a reduction in the functional O-glycosylation of α-dystroglycan.
Their hallmark is a reduction in the functional glycosylation of α-dystroglycan, which can be detected in muscle biopsies.
Cellular processes that lead to a reduction in fully functional cells and altered cellular activity include apoptosis and cellular senescence.
Diabetes is a disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia secondary to a reduction in the functional efficacy and/or a deficiency of insulin.
These data may suggest that a reduction in biologically functional α-synuclein, whether through aggregation or reduced expression, could precipitate the neurodegeneration in PD [ 45, 46].
