Sentence examples for noxious levels from inspiring English sources

October saw unusually noxious levels of pollution, with many people blaming increased production by factories which knew they would have to shut before Apec.

While one subtype only responds to physiological and innocuous levels of endogenous intramuscular metabolites (lactate, ATP, protons) associated with 'normal', predominantly aerobic exercise, the other subtype only responds to higher and concurrently noxious levels of metabolites present in muscle during ischemic contractions or following, for example, hypertonic saline infusions.

Sensory ganglia contain both low threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMs), which respond to innocuous touch or internally generated movements, and high threshold nociceptors that sense noxious levels of pressure [3].

Also, while medial opercular sites responded to barely perceptive thermal increases, the posterior insular response only emerged clearly at noxious levels.

Mice allowed to perform voluntary, uncoerced running (Irintchev & Wernig, 1987; Wernig et al, 1990; Dorlöchter et al, 1991) exhibited leg muscle damage, perhaps because boredom or psychological damage leads to noxious levels of activity in mice in captivity.

While many pain studies use paradigms to help ensure that subjects attend to pain [ 40], studies of passive pain tasks may help uncover the role of the DMN during the experience of mild pain compared to more noxious levels of pain.

Categorisation as electro-acupuncture demanded electrical current intensity to be at a strong, near noxious level, which has been shown to be more effective than a low intensity level [ 17].

Photophobia is an abnormal discomfort to non-noxious levels of light and is experienced by approximately 90% of migraine patients.

The specialized receptors include low-threshold receptors that respond to non-noxious levels of stimuli, and high-threshold receptors that sense noxious stimuli (nociceptors).

Conversely, SA currents and RA currents in capsaicin-sensitive neurons activated at significantly higher thresholds, 5.0±0.3 µm (P<0.001, n = 9) and 5.4±0.4 µm (P<0.001, n = 32), respectively (Fig. 4d), consistent with the detection of noxious pressure levels.

In other words, nectar foragers respond only to the highest sucrose concentrations (and are therefore globally less responsive if one considers the spectrum of concentrations tested) and, similarly, guards respond only to the highest voltages assayed, thus being more tolerant to lower noxious stimulus levels.