Some children with autism are "under-sensitive" to sensory stimuli.
Note that while some autistic kids are oversensitive to stimulation, others are under-sensitive, and would love finger paints and other sensory stimulation such as bouncing or swinging.
A total of 20 transcript tags were over-expressed in the sensitive pool compared to 8 in the tolerant pool, and 42 and 30 were under-expressed in the sensitive and tolerant pools, respectively.
Self-reported sexual behaviors and STD histories might have been under-reported due to their sensitive nature in the Chinese culture, but this might not be evident because requesting an STD diagnosis and treatment at an STD clinic implies the acknowledgement of risky sexual behaviors.
Pattern classification analysis assesses the relationship between multi-voxel activity patterns and the stimulus input and is, under certain circumstances, sensitive to features of cortical organization that are below the spatial resolution of the fMRI recording (Boynton 2005; Kamitani and Tong 2005).
Consistent with our predictions based on the SC hypothesis, the mito-sensitive genes are under-represented on the X-chromosome, compared to the complete set of genes present on the Affymetrix chip (mito-sensitive genes on X: 13.7%, general representation on X among all genes on the Affymetrix chip: 16%, odds ratio: 0.82, P = 0.02, Figure 1).
In the brains of the autistic subjects, the left side of the voice-sensitive area was under-connected with several areas that release dopamine as part of a complex reward and reinforcement system that helps the brain develop appropriate responses.
This relationship also makes his decision to shut down the tunnels used to smuggle food, household goods, weapons and militants themselves between the Sinai and Gaza, which is under Israeli blockade, so sensitive.
Maybe we Brits are just under-sensitive, but frankly you could Photoshop a defaced picture of the queen onto our flag and you wouldn't hear a peep of complaint.
(2) Alternatively, GFP can be utilized as a reporter gene, whose expression is under control of an oxygen sensitive regulator within a certain organism.
