overactivity
Americannoun
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NRF2 overactivity plays a major role in chemotherapy resistance in several solid tumors, including cancers of the liver, esophagus and head and neck.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
Recent evidence suggests that overactivity of brain immune cells called microglia, which devour unfamiliar pathogens and dead brain tissue, may accelerate brain degeneration.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022
More consistently in adults so far, she has also discovered a pattern of overactivity on the right side, suggesting it is an adaptive, late-occurring change.
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2021
They’ve also come to recognize its unique profile of immune system overactivity and have identified effective treatments.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2021
Vague anxiety, depressive fancies and fears, imaginative overactivity can be removed by inhibiting the post-pituitary.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
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