Sentence examples for but become less sensitive from inspiring English sources

As the oxygen deprivation persists, the carotid bodies enlarge but become less sensitive to the lack of oxygen.

Computer simulations of conduction in myelinated nerve fibers have suggested that nerve conduction velocities should be sensitive to internodal length in the shorter range but become less sensitive at longer Schwann cell lengths [ 20, 21].

The subjects' performance was still sensitive to differences in vibration velocity, but became less sensitive to noise.

Analyses of dose-response curves show that both cell lines were similarly sensitive to melphalan at early times (45 min) after cell injection i.v. but became less sensitive at an intermediate time after injection (3 days).

The result is that listeners become less sensitive to static information but gain sensitivity for acoustic change.

But as people age, they become less sensitive to touch and send fewer signals.

He may have made a mistake this time — perhaps he didn't mean to kill that many, or assumed the international community had become less sensitive — but it doesn't mean that it didn't make sense from his perspective".

But researchers suspect that these sensors become less sensitive as people age, and the body sways more before the automatic balance correction kicks in.

But when levels of cortisol remain elevated, the body may become less sensitive to it, in the same way that elevated insulin levels can lead to insulin resistance.

Using touchscreens may come naturally enough to a toddler but not necessarily for an older person - the nerves in the finger become less sensitive with age, meaning older people may "touch" far more heavily.

People become less sensitive to insulin, raising their risk of Type 2 diabetes.