wakefulness
71Орексин — Solution phase NMR structure of orexin A based on the PDB coordinates …
72jet lag — jet lagged, adj. a temporary disruption of the body s normal biological rhythms after high speed air travel through several time zones. Also, jetlag. [1965 70] * * * Period of adjustment of biological rhythm after moving from one time zone to… …
73stimulant — /stim yeuh leuhnt/, n. 1. Physiol., Med. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. 2. any food or beverage that stimulates, esp. coffee, tea,… …
74vigil — /vij euhl/, n. 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. 2. a watch or a period of watchful attention maintained at night or at other times: The nurse kept her vigil at the bedside of the dying man. 3. a… …
75respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …
76image — 1. Representation of an object made by the rays of light emanating or reflected from it. 2. Representation produced by x rays, ultrasound, tomography, thermography, radioisotopes, etc. 3. To produce such representations. [L. imago, likeness]… …
77insomnia — Inability to sleep, in the absence of external impediments, such as noise, a bright light, etc., during the period when sleep should normally occur; may vary in degree from restlessness or disturbed slumber to a curtailment of the normal length… …
78vigil — A state of wakefulness or sleeplessness. [L. vigilia, wakefulness, alertness, fr. vigeo, to be active, to rouse] coma v. SYN: akinetic mutism …
79vigilance — An attentiveness, alertness, or watchfulness for whatever may occur. [L. vigilantia, wakefulness] * * * vig·i·lance vij ə lən(t)s n the quality or state of being wakeful and alert: degree of wakefulness or responsiveness to stimuli vig·i·lant… …
80Neural oscillation — is rhythmic or repetitive neural activity in the central nervous system. Neural tissue can generate oscillatory activity in many ways, driven either by mechanisms localized within individual neurons or by interactions between neurons. In… …
