Sentence examples for blunted sensitivity from inspiring English sources

These observations, and many others described in our original article, led us to conclude that XY fetuses have elevated sensitivity to fetal androgens and XX fetuses have blunted sensitivity.

Cocultures containing SCs from PPRT cells −/− mice produced fewer OCs, as compared to those with SCs from control mice (Fig. 3b), suggesting that the lack of PPR signaling in T cells leads to the emergence of SCs characterized by blunted sensitivity to PTH.

Another important facet of a genetic predisposition to alcoholism is a comparatively blunted sensitivity to the effects of ethanol.

However, adding prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) or PGF2α blunted the sensitivity to celecoxib of both E1A stable transfectants.

Technical reasons related to dilution and fluid processing may have blunted the sensitivity to detect effects in the BAL supernatant for part of the cytokine panel analyzed.

In our prior study, the addition of metformin to a single bout of exercise raised the plasma concentrations of NEFA, which could have blunted insulin sensitivity (18).

Similarly, perturbation of the RB pathway through multiple mechanisms can blunt the sensitivity to endocrine therapies and can help facilitate the development of resistance [ 64, 68].

However, it then restricts its conclusions to one of five bands, which blunts its sensitivity in describing subtle but potentially important problems.

54 In this trial, an intrarater test retest variability of up to 20% was accepted, which may be expected to blunt the sensitivity of MUNE to detect smaller treatment effects, and which compares unfavorably with variability in FVC measurements (5%), but is similar to the variability of maximal voluntary isometric contraction muscle strength measurements (up to 17%).

Are we prepared to know in the absence of evidence that no such person endowed with a heightened sensitivity blunted in the rest of us, could interact with the energy field produced by a body in close proximity?

Part of this response is dependent on AT2-mediated NO production as when L-NAME was given the AT2 receptor-induced increase in the baroreflex sensitivity was blunted.