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Laura Riding
Riding, Laura (Laura Reichenthal) (1901–91), born in New York City, once associated with the group that published The Fugitive, was long expatriated in Mallorca and England before returning to the U.S. (1959) to live in Florida. Her early writings include Contemporaries and Snobs (1928) and... Read more |
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Audio Adrenaline
Audio Adrenaline Christian alternative rock group Audio Adrenaline has created waves in the Christian alternative rock realm and has seamlessly shifted from funk and rap music to alternative rock, without losing equilibrium or devoted fans. They worked with the mega Christian group... Read more |
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adrenaline
adrenalin (adrenaline, epinephrine) A hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla and largely responsible for the ‘fight or flight’ response in mammals. It stimulates the breakdown of glycogen, thus raising the blood-sugar level, it mobilizes free fatty acids, and it has a variety of... Read more |
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chalone
chalone In mammalian epithelial tissue (see EPITHELIUM), a tissue-specific protein of moderate size, or a simple polypeptide, that in the presence of adrenalin inhibits mitosis in cells. The loss of chalones from damaged cells stimulates and directs wound healing. Chalones are thought to be... Read more |
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tyramine
tyramine A biologically active amine, derived from tyrosine, that mimics the effects of adrenaline, causing increased heart activity and raising blood pressure. It occurs naturally in body tissues and can also be found in ergot, mistletoe, putrefied animal tissue, and cheese. Certain antidepressant... Read more |
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Glycogenolysis
glycogenolysis The conversion of glycogen to glucose, which occurs in the liver and is stimulated by glucagon from the pancreas and adrenaline from the adrenal medulla. These hormones activate an enzyme that phosphorylates glucose molecules in the glycogen chain to form glucose 1-phosphate, which is... Read more |
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Vitamin toxicity
Vitamin Toxicity Definition Vitamin toxicity is a condition in which a person develops symptoms as side effects from taking massive doses of vitamins. Vitamins vary in the amounts that are required to cause toxicity and in the specific symptoms that result. Vitamin toxicity, which is also called... Read more |
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barbiturate
barbiturate , any one of a group of drugs that act as depressants on the central nervous system . High doses depress both nerve and muscle activity and inhibit oxygen consumption in the tissues. In low doses barbiturates act as sedatives , i.e., they have a tranquilizing effect; increased doses... Read more |
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John Jacob Abel
John Jacob Abel 1857-1938, American pharmacologist, b. Cleveland, grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1883, M.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1888. Professor of pharmacology (1893-1932) and director of the laboratory for endocrine research (from 1932) at Johns Hopkins, he is known for the isolation of epinephrine... Read more |
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