(n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.
(n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
(n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
(n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.
(n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
(n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.
Example Sentences:
(1) N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (GAD) activities did not change significantly duringlate fetal, neonatal or young adult stages but increased significantly with advancing age.
(2) 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.
(3) GAD activity appeared in mutant spores after germination and increased to levels comparable to parent spores after 9 min of germination.
(4) In situ hybridization in normal visual cortex revealed a complex sublaminar organization of GAD-expressing cells within layers IVC and VI and a distribution of CaM II kinase alpha-expressing cells that was greatest in layers II, III, IVB, and VI.
(5) Neurogenesis of GABAergic neurons in the rat area dentata was studied combining [3H]thymidine autoradiography with immunostaining for glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesizing enzyme.
(6) The presence of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was investigated in neuroretina sections from hatching quail embryos by immunocytochemistry.
(7) The hippocampal cell counts showed an increase in GAD-immunoreactive somata visualized on the fourth postischemic day.
(8) The postnatal maturation of the GABAergic innervation of the rat inferior olive was studied with an antiserum to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the GABA-synthesizing enzyme.
(9) In contrast, only modest alterations in GABA-immunoreactivity and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity were observed in the same region.
(10) Approximately 25% of the neurons in the IC in SD rat are GAD-positive, while about 35% of the neurons in the GEPR are GAD-positive.
(11) The oxidation reaction ends in a mixture composed largely of oxidized GAD species.
(12) Although their numbers are greatest in the polymorph region of the fascia dentata (FD) and in the principal cell layers stratum pyramidale (SP) and stratum granulosum (SG), GAD immunoreactive (GAD-IR) cells are numerous in other strata that contain mostly dendrites and scattered cells.
(13) The methods and chemicals utilized were the same as those used and reported by Gad et al.
(14) However, the administration of thyroxine markedly increased CNPase activity in normal rats, whereas in hypothyroid rats the effect on both CNPase and GAD was also significant.
(15) No change in parameters of GABAergic activity, namely the glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity and high affinity GABA uptake, were observed in any of the structures examined.
(16) None of the drug treatments altered nigral GAD activity when examined after 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months administration.
(17) Addition of alkali to the culture media results in decrease of cell GAD activity, whereas increase of enzyme level occurs only in cells growing in unbuffered media.
(18) Vibratome sections of rat substantia nigra (SN) topically injected with colchicine were processed for glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) immunocytochemistry to reveal GABAergic neurons using electronmicroscopic procedures.
(19) GAD and ChAT omnipresence may indicate constant GABAergic HCII and its cholinergic efferent synapses, their raised content, appearance of GABA-containing HCI and related cholinergic boutons in higher vertebrates.
(20) Interestingly, the beta-galactosidase-GAD fusion protein encoded by lambda GAD is enzymatically active, catalyzing the conversion of glutamate to CO2 and GABA.
Stroll
Definition:
(v. i.) To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
(n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Example Sentences:
(1) George Clooney has strolled into one of the most bitter and longest-running controversies in the heritage world, saying it would be "very nice" if the British Museum sent the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece.
(2) For Manchester United this was a Saturday stroll that ended frantically, although the Premier League leaders' latest three points were made even sweeter by the return of their captain, Nemanja Vidic.
(3) Strolling around the perfectly formed FH training facility he laughs at the idea of one of these public spaces popping up in Britain.
(4) Just a short stroll from the start of this walk, the Norman Lockyer Observatory still holds two of his telescopes.
(5) I see a small group strolling along, a tall, handsome man at the centre.
(6) Around 100,000 Syrians live in Izmir, where until a few weeks ago when the EU-Turkey deal was put into effect, smugglers would stroll openly through the central square in the quarter of Basmane.
(7) The teams stroll out, Ivory Coast in their orange kit, Zambia wearing green tracksuit tops.
(8) Jason Puncheon is a lovely, careful passer of the ball and here he out-Cesc’ed Chelsea’s own midfield creator for long periods of the game, strolling about to great effect in his central playmaker role.
(9) Distance 1 mile (1.6km) Classification Gentle stroll Duration 1 hour 45 minutes Begins Salcombe Hill car park OS grid reference SY197889 Walk in a nutshell A mostly flat circuit around the summit of Salcombe Hill, which offers impressive views over the town of Sidmouth and, on a good day, as far as Portland Bill in Dorset.
(10) Not least when PSG aren’t just walking it in Ligue 1, they’re strolling, flaneur ing their way to another room-temperature domestic title, with seven league goals conceded away from home all season, territory and possession dominated each week.
(11) For a foodie reward, stroll to Rue Didot's row of boulangeries.
(12) I joined the Mayfair tour one Sunday afternoon, and for two and a half hours we strolled around looking at the offices of all the hedge funds and investment companies in the area.
(13) #rangers #kings #stanleycup June 12, 2014 2.56am BST Kings 1-2 Rangers, 4:22, 2nd period Williams sets up Stroll and he shoots wide of the net.
(14) Sometime after take-off, however, Pope Francis strolled to the back of the aircraft and gave them their answer.
(15) Those wanting to experience the concept of “shared space” and “naked streets” can stroll absentmindedly round any small town in Italy.
(16) Thankfully I only live a 10 minute stroll away from my office in central Bucharest.
(17) Brandon Belt stikes out, and then Gregor Blanco strolls to the plate.
(18) He strolls up, halts and strokes it into the bottom-right corner.
(19) Despite the lenses pressed against the glass, Yang Guang (his name means Sunshine) strolled around, his shoulders and hind quarters adopting the rolling gait of a prize fighter.
(20) A short stroll from Walker’s Point, where the ancestral estate of the Bush dynasty juts out commandingly into the Atlantic ocean, there is a political campaign slogan in urgent need of fresh clarification.