(a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unilateral VNAB lesions induced similar alterations but these were restricted to the ipsilateral PVN and median eminence.
(2) It was also demonstrated that the plexus of the median eminence is, at its periphery, in direct communication with the systemic venous twigs.
(3) For this purpose fragments of hypothalamus containing arcuate-periventricular nuclei and median eminence were incubated in vitro and endogenous DA released into the medium was assayed by radioenzymatic assay.
(4) In an interview with the Guardian, James Hansen, the world's pre-eminent climate scientist, said any agreement likely to emerge from the negotiations would be so deeply flawed that it would be better to start again from scratch.
(5) The seasonal rhythm in hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal function was studied in 3-week-old, meat-hybrid chickens, bred under standard conditions, CRF content in the median eminence and ACTH content in the adenohypophysis showed the maximum in February, the minimum in August, to return practically to the February level by November.
(6) One arcuate cell identified as projecting to the median eminence was nonresponsive to supraoptic stimulation.
(7) These findings indicate that rGRF-LI is localized in the median eminence and arcuate nucleus in the rat and that rGRF-, SRIF-(1-28)-, and SRIF-(1-14)-LI are present in a 1:2.10:6.29 ratio on a molar basis.
(8) Since 1930 Dr. Rakowiecki has started as self-taught astronomy studies becoming soon one of seven most eminent Polish astronomers.
(9) (1970) previously used for the study of hemoglobins, was found to be eminently suitable for the study of O2 affinities of hemocyanins.
(10) The action potential of the nerve was recorded in 50 nerves of 25 normal subjects, by antidromic stimulation of the median nerve 10cm from the surface recording electrode over the midthenar eminence.
(11) However, DIO-prone [3H]PAC binding was only 14-39% of DR-prone levels in 9 areas including 4 amygdalar nuclei, the lateral area, dorso- and ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus, median eminence and medial dorsal thalamic n. Although it is unclear whether this widespread decrease in [3H]PAC binding implicates brain alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the pathophysiology of DIO, it does correlate with a phenotypic marker (increase glucose-induced NE release) which predicts the subsequent development of DIO on a high-energy diet.
(12) Special attention was given to the portal vascular system of the median eminence and the pars distalis.
(13) On the other hand, the change in the stroma was more eminent in the periglandular region than in the periluminal and deep regions in most conditions.
(14) The light microscopic analysis showed accumulation of Gomori-stainable products in the median eminence and a striking depletion of this material from the neural lobe.
(15) induced a marked increase in histamine (HA) in the anterior (AHR) and posterior (PHR) hypothalamic regions, the median eminence (ME) and adenohypophysis (Ah) with no apparent effect on the concentration of HA in the neurohypophysis (Nh), as measured by high-performance liquid chromatography.
(16) A rich network of fibers was observed in the median eminence coursing towards the pituitary stalk.
(17) Electrolytic lesions in the median eminence of deafferented rats caused an elevation of serum prolactin which was more marked in female than in male rats.
(18) Moreover, in the rat brain we found immunoreactive material in neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus, in the parvocellular part of the paraventricular nucleus, in fibres of the external region of the median eminence and in neurosecretory exohypothalamic fibres.
(19) All parts of the periventricular region of the hypothalamus receive an input, including the preoptic and anterior parts in which somatostatin-containing neurons that project to the median eminence are clustered.
(20) The structure and ultrastructure of the following regions of the hypothalamo-hypophysial neurosecretory system (HHNS) in the population cycle of lemming were studied: supraoptic (SON), paraventricular (PVN) and arcuate nuclei (AN), the median eminence (ME) and posterior pituitary (PP).
Noteworthy
Definition:
(a.) Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thing seems to be noteworthy in their opinion: the bacterial resistance of the germs isolated from the urine is bigger than the one of the germs isolated from the respiratory apparatus.
(2) It is noteworthy that intracardiac evaluation is necessary when there is longstanding and inveterate tachyarrhythmia in otherwise healthy children.
(3) A noteworthy finding from th e Framingham study was the fact that the relative risk of cardiovascular events in postmenopausal compared with premenopausal women seemed to decrease with age.
(4) The mechanism of PS protective action against stress-induced behavioral and autonomic changes is unknown, but it may involve the brain level as this drug exerts a noteworthy influence on behavior and autonomic functions.
(5) This indicates that there is no noteworthy difference between the C3 and C4 small subunit structures.
(6) These findings are noteworthy in that they help to explain the characteristics of life-spans of cohort labeled red cell populations in small animals, and provide a possible example of a cell's remodeling process within the spleen.
(7) Noteworthy too is the increasing appearance of microglia cells or phagocytes filled with osmiophilic granules close to capillaries in the older age group of monkeys studied.
(8) Most noteworthy, and like no other agent studied to date, celiprolol significantly reduced both left and right ventricular as well as aortic mass in both WKY and SHR.
(9) Pain on injection was the only noteworthy complication, particularly when propofol was injected via a small vein in the dorsum of the hand.
(10) Noteworthy that ophthalmic tone failed to normalize when the mean diameter of the lymph vessels decreased more than twofold vs. the preoperative value.
(11) The noteworthy economy of the experimental method is discussed.
(12) Multi-level injuries occurred in 17 out of 54 patients (31 per cent) sustaining a noteworthy neurological injury and in 8 out of 51 when such an injury was absent.
(13) The outer segment of a second unit is noteworthy in that it divides near its ciliary base into two branches.
(14) The role of I. scapularis as a vector of the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, makes this a noteworthy extension of its known range.
(15) Deposition of laminin labelled exfoliation material in the dilator muscle was a noteworthy feature, as was an apparent depletion of laminin in the basement membranes of ostensibly unaffected vessels.
(16) Excluding malignancies, the only other noteworthy concurrent lesions were ulcer scars or chronic ulcers with 6.9% and B II resection for benign disease with 2.8%.
(17) However, it appears that biological factors are noteworthy in sexual sadism.
(18) It is noteworthy that alternative splicing of the genes for MBP and PLP also produced multiple mRNAs.
(19) These results prove that there is a noteworthy difference between uraemic and alcoholic polyneuropathy.
(20) It is noteworthy that 3 of these genes lie in the same region of chromosome 19: genes ERCC1 and ERCC2, which are involved in nucleotide excision repair, and XRCC1, which is involved in the repair of strand breaks.