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Hippocampus
An area buried deep in the forebrain that helps regulate emotion and memory. Functionally, the hippocampus is part of the olfactory cortex, that part of the cerebral cortex essential to the sense of smell. Certain antidepressants (such as…
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Show more- OGG1 A DNA repair enzyme with antimutator activity. OGG1 is one of a number of enzymes that repair damage done to…
- Anesthetic, epidural An anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the fluid-filled sac (the dura) around the spine…
- Medication, antimicrobial A drug used to treat a microbial infection. Antimicrobial is a general term that refers to a group of drugs…
- Infarct An area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death…
- Mucus A thick slippery fluid produced by the membranes lining certain organs such as the nose, mouth, throat, and…
- MAM Menstrually associated migraine. See: Menstrual migraine
- Leptin A hormone that has a central role in fat metabolism. Leptin was originally thought to be a signal to lose…
- Tampon A tampon is a pack or pad used to plug, to stanch, to stop the flow of blood or other fluids. The tampon may…
- Elastase 1 Pancreatic elastase, a member of the pancreatic family of serine proteases. Although termed elastase, this…
- Annular pancreas An abnormal ring of pancreas that encircles the duodenum and often causes intestinal obstruction. Nausea and…
- Tuberous sclerosis 1 The TSC1 gene involved in causing the disease tuberous sclerosis. See: TSC1
- SiRNA Abbreviation for small inhibitory RNA, a short sequence of RNA which can be used to silence gene expression