Orexin/hypocretin neurons of the hypothalamus regulate several physiological functions, including feeding, sleep and wakefulness.
Many studies have shown that these channels are crucial for performing several physiological functions.
Cell adhesion is fundamental for the organization of cells in multicellular organisms since it has a key role in several physiological functions that drive tissue formation and development.
These results indicate that an immune reaction can occur in response to dietary protein with excess DP affecting several physiological functions included the sperm synthesis and sperm quality.
The enzyme heme oxygenase (HO) has been implicated in several physiological functions throughout the body including control of vascular tone and regulation of the inflammatory and apoptotic cascades as well as contributing to the antioxidant capabilities in several organ systems.
One issue with AM as a target for cancer therapy is that AM has several physiological functions whose inhibition may be detrimental.
VAChT KDHOM mice are myasthenic and present social and object recognition memory deficits [13] and cardiac dysfunction [15], indicating that perturbation of ACh storage affects several physiological functions [12], [13], [15] [17].
Sirt1 is the human homolog of sir2 and appears to be involved in several physiological functions including the control of gene expression, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, DNA repair, metabolism, and aging [31], [32], [33].
