overactivity
Americannoun
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These results suggest that Cav2.3 overactivity is a common feature of both disorders, and that inhibiting Cav2.3 could help with symptoms like seizures.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
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
They’ve also come to recognize its unique profile of immune system overactivity and have identified effective treatments.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2021
Those symptoms are broadly inattention, overactivity and impulsivity.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2018
Hyperthyroidism, or Graves' Disease, a condition in which there is overactivity of the thyroid gland and which is particularly prevalent among young women, is one of those diseases.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
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