Sentence examples for decreasing the sensitivity of from inspiring English sources
It is suggested that buspirone may oppose the development of sensitization to apomorphine by decreasing the sensitivity of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors.
Lithium may also exert its therapeutic effects by decreasing the sensitivity of melatonin secretion to nocturnal light exposure (Hallam et al. 2005).
Decreasing the sensitivity of costs to duration (duration decay) holding that initial costs of treating patients constant (ρ 0,d ) exacerbates the trade-off between shorter and longer duration patients, producing concave survival curves for low d.
Studies utilizing three-dimensional culture technologies have emphasized that tumor architecture dramatically influences cancer cell immune system interaction by steering cytokine production and regulating differentiation patterns of myeloid cells, and decreasing the sensitivity of tumor cells to lymphocyte effector functions.
In addition to increased sensitivity for both global and local parameter changes, a study of increasing the sensitivity of local changes, while decreasing the sensitivity of global changes is conducted.
The small diameter of the maze and the presence of a wall around the edge of the maze may promote thigmotaxis in mice, increasing the use of a non-visual search strategy, thereby reducing the influence of vision on performance and decreasing the sensitivity of this maze design to detect strain differences in visuo-spatial learning and memory.
When the serotonin levels go up, the brain appears to reduce the number of receptors, or decreases the sensitivity of existing receptors, which suggests that the brain is seeking a balance between output and receptivity.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can decrease the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise adds another dimension to the debate.
