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underactivations

underactivations is the plural of underactivation.

Meaning of underactivation

Noun

underactivation (countable and uncountable, plural underactivations)

  1. inadequate activation
    • A recent quantitative meta-analysis combining results from 65 fMRI studies (N = 1040 BD cases and 1074 healthy controls) found underactivation in the inferior frontal cortex and overactivation in limbic areas in BD patients relative to controls across emotional paradigms.2015 July 30, “Altered Brain Activation during Emotional Face Processing in Relation to Both Diagnosis and Polygenic Risk of Bipolar Disorder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about underactivations

What is underactivations the plural of?
Underactivations is the plural of underactivation.

Words near underactivations in the dictionary

  1. underactivate
  2. underactivated
  3. underactivates
  4. underactivating
  5. underactivation
  6. underactivations
  7. underactive
  8. underactive thyroid
  9. underactivity
  10. underactor
  11. underactors

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