(a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
(a.) Acting in concurrence; united in action.
Example Sentences:
(1) This review will briefly summarize some of the data on the activity-dependent components of these mechanisms and incorporate the data into a model for selective synapse stabilization of coactive synapses.
(2) In some patients stimulation can reduce rigidity and coactivation of muscles immediately or slowly over days or months.
(3) In analogy to tip-toeing movements, it is concluded that the coactivation pattern is typical for stance conditions with a restricted area of support in order to reduce body sway.
(4) Normal gait was associated with flexor contraction only when the foot was lifted and placed on the ground, whereas during ischaemic blockade flexor contraction continued during the interval between foot lifting and foot placement.The `freezing' or `blocking' gait in Parkinson's disease was found to be associated with coactivation of flexor and extensor muscles and this phenomenon occurred only in patients with features of flexion dystonia in the electromyographic recordings of their tonic stretch reflexes.
(5) Coactivation of the serotonin-containing cells and command fibers, or inhibition of the serotonin-containing cells while activating command fibers, however, shows that the cells act as "gain-setters," modulating the interaction between command inputs and motoneuron outputs.
(6) Reciprocal innervation and coactivation patterns were considered in terms of a common motor control system as proposed by the equilibrium point control hypothesis.
(7) These results suggest that SRF may affect TFIID via a cofactor or coactivator.
(8) by changing the associated neuromuscular activity from a predominantly triphasic pattern to one of coactivation.
(9) The consequence of this relationship was that 1) The compensatory reactions consisted of larger gastrocnemius responses and a stronger coactivation of the tibialis anterior; 2) Momenta of increasing strength resulted in a larger increment of both ankle joint displacement and gastrocnemius EMG responses in small compared to larger subjects.
(10) The electromyographic (EMG) coactivation patterns of the knee flexors and extensors when acting as antagonists were studied as a function of limb velocity to assess their contribution to joint stiffness and laxity.
(11) Hebb proposed that information is stored by correlation: synapses between neurons, which are often coactive, are enhanced.
(12) The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the coactivation behaviour of the jaw muscles under various a priori defined static loading conditions of the mandible.
(13) During the rapid (81 ms) paw-shake cycles, knee extensor and ankle flexor muscles exhibited single, coactive bursts that were reciprocal with coactive hip and ankle extensor bursts.
(14) This coactivation is probably partially responsible for the observed backward rotation of the trunk.
(15) Coactivation of antagonistic muscles led to an increase in both the joint stiffness and uncertainty of the equilibrium value of the joint angle.
(16) The results from this in vivo approach provide strong evidence for the coactivation of both mRNAs and components of the translational machinery following fertilization.
(17) As a consequence of the generation of nerve fibers after injury to brachial plexus or after surgical treatment, marked coactivation of muscles including antagonistic ones may not infrequently occur in patients at voluntary efforts.
(18) Direct ER interaction with the target sequence is not required, since an ER deleted for its DNA binding domain is functional in the coactivation with c-fos and c-jun.
(19) At stage 30 both sets of motoneurons were coactivated during the brief discharge that initiated each cycle.
(20) The implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the structure of the yeast and human TATA factors and the possible involvement either of specific TFIID modifications or of coactivators.
Concurrence
Definition:
(n.) The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
(n.) A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.
(n.) Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation.
(n.) A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have previously shown that serotonin is present in secretory granules of frog adrenochromaffin cells; concurrently, we have demonstrated that serotonin is a potent stimulator of corticosterone and aldosterone secretion by adrenocortical cells.
(2) The highest rate of discontinuation occurred when method choice was denied in the presence of husband-wife agreement on method choice, and the lowest rate occurred when method choice was granted in the presence of such concurrence.
(3) Focusing on two prospective payment systems that operated concurrently in New Jersey, this study employs the hospital department as the unit of analysis and compares the effects of the all-payer DRG system with those of the SHARE program on hospitals.
(4) Although each of palate and limb is concurrently susceptible to epigenetic regulation, their differential intrinsic genomic capabilities appear to have been uncoupled.
(5) Addition in the cultures of 4-deoxypyridoxine, a potent antagonist of vitamin B6 coenzymes, concurrently with the mitogen, inhibits the induction of serine hydroxymethyltransferase.
(6) Both demonstrated concurrent validity and feasibility.
(7) In the first experiment ovariectomized female hamsters were administered varying dosages of progesterone (P), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or CI-628 at the same time (concurrently) as estrogen (EB) or 48 hr after EB (sequentially).
(8) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(9) Concurrent with this change in the level of enforcement of RBT was an extensive publicity campaign, which warned drinking drivers of their increased risk of detection by RBT units.
(10) In the present work, we measured the inactivation of methionine synthase and the concurrent homocysteine export rate of two murine and four human cell lines during nitrous oxide exposure.
(11) This indicates a potential use for 1,25(OH)2D3 to prevent and treat hypocalcaemic cows with or without concurrent hypomagnesaemia.
(12) This preliminary study estimates the occurrence of concurrent helminth infection in Africa and Brazil to determine whether such an approach is justified epidemiologically.
(13) Rats were divided into four groups: drug naive controls; HAL-treated for 6 months; AMPH-treated for 1 month; and rats administered both continuous HAL for 6 months and concurrent AMPH treatment during the 2nd month of HAL administration.
(14) Inhibition of RNA synthesis by MTX was prevented by concurrent administration of HX.
(15) However, MPA did not enhance survival when given concurrently with radiotherapy; indeed, at the higher of these two doses, median survival of tumor-bearers was slightly less than with radiotherapy alone.
(16) A more specific differentiation, as indicated by the sharp increase in GAD levels which was concurrent with an increase in interneuronal contacts, lagged behind the initial growth.
(17) Concurrently, stereology was applied to quantitate: (1) the density of RNA labelling, and (2) changes in the size of the nucleus and nucleolus in response to estrogen treatment.
(18) It is concluded that there is no pharmacokinetic indiction for withholding OCs from women with early active schistosomiasis who are concurrently receiving antischistosmal drugs.
(19) The immunologic technique compared favorably with the autoradiographic methods performed concurrently on the same cultures.
(20) Enzyme levels in strains with concurrent mutations in both regulatory genes are considerably higher than the sum of the levels in strains with a cytR or a deoR mutation alone, indicating a certain co-operativity between the two repressor proteins.