(n.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Example Sentences:
(1) Efferent projections of the anterior vermis were studied in a prosimian primate (Galago senegalensis).
(2) The 5' and 3'-flanking regions of the human alpha 1 gene are orthologous to the corresponding region in galago, identifying the human alpha 2 gene as the more recently duplicated gene.
(3) The nidation plaque and its invasive capacity, giving rise to a syndesmochorial placental nucleus, provide a placentological link to Galago demidovii.
(4) A new technique of radio telemetry permitted identification and localization of urine marking in wild galagos.
(5) Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fasicularus had low disease and high birth rates.
(6) To evaluate these hypotheses, the nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II gene was determined from a bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), flying lemur (Cynocephalus variegatus), tree shrew (Tupaia glis), spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus), rousette bat (Rousettus leschenaulti), and nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and was compared with published sequences of a human, cow, and mouse.
(7) Regions surrounding the single gamma-globin gene of galago and the duplicated gamma 1- and gamma 2-globin genes of gibbon, rhesus monkey, and spider monkey were sequenced and aligned with those from humans.
(8) Three spontaneously occurring tumors are described in dwarf galagos.
(9) SINE transcription was studied by introducing a galago Monomer family member (gal39), into the mouse Ltk- cell line.
(10) Visual resolution and contrast sensitivity were examined in anesthetized, paralyzed galagos using visual evoked potentials (VEPs) resulting from stimulation with phase-reversed sinewave gratings.
(11) An ablation study of the visual cortex of Galago senegalensis was undertaken in the hope of finding clues about the evolution of primate visual cortex.
(12) There is a topographical relationship between origin and termination of rubrospinal fibers in Galago.
(13) Eight years after the initiation of a 4-year regimen of biweekly applications of DMBA plus a cocarcinogen, papillomas, basal cell tumors, and basosquamous cell epidermal tumors with satellite lipomas were observed in galagos (Galago crossicaudatus).
(14) We have discovered several SINE families in the prosimian Galago crassicaudatus which have promoter regions similar to transfer RNA genes.
(15) A septum does occur in Galago senegalensis (Lorisidae) and Microcebus murinus (Cheirogaleidae), so the presence of a septum is not strong evidence favoring a tarsiiform-anthropoidean clade.
(16) Sequence analysis of epsilon and gamma genes and encoded globins and high-pressure liquid chromatography analysis of globin compositions in blood hemolysates obtained from embryos, fetuses and adults show that the prosimian primate Galago crassicaudatus expresses its epsilon and gamma genes only embryonically.
(17) Similar crystalloids have been described in other steroid-secreting organs, including the antebrachial organ of the lemur (Lemur catta), the parotoid gland of Bufo alvarius and in sebaceous gland cells of the Galagos and Macaques.
(18) The human psi alpha 1 gene is found to be inactivated after divergence of the human and galago lineages but prior to the divergence of human and monkey.
(19) The vestibular complex of Galago is larger than in other mammals and some higher primates.
(20) Greater bushbabies (Galago crassicaudatus) remained completely refractory throughout the course of the experiment.
Nocturnal
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
(a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
(n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.
Example Sentences:
(1) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(2) Both treatments depressed nocturnal pineal melatonin content in rats and hamsters.
(3) Nocturnal ST segment changes were abolished in six patients on atenolol, in six patients on nifedipine, and in five patients on isosorbide mononitrate.
(4) Stage REM frequently appeared within 10 min of stage 1 onset and the normal sequence of stages REM and 4 were altered, demonstrating that the organization of sleep within a nap is quite different from that in monophasic nocturnal sleep.
(5) The drug proved to be of high value in alleviating nocturnal coughing controlling spastic bronchitis in children, as a pretreatment before bronchological examinations and their anaesthesia.
(6) A statistically significant difference (p less than 0.01) was found between salmeterol and the association for this criteria: during the first period, 46% of subjects treated by salmeterol did not present nocturnal awakenings during the last treatment week by comparison with 15% of subjects taking the association; during the second period, corresponding figures were 39% for salmeterol by comparison with 26% for the association.
(7) Results from studies show that there can be a general hangover the morning following nocturnal doses of 2 mg.
(8) Nafarelin also allows assessment of the bioactivity of endogenous gonadotropin, is a more potent stimulus of pituitary-testicular function than endogenous GnRH secretion, and is more cost-effective than nocturnal sampling.
(9) Nocturnal penile tumescence results correlated well with the angiographic picture.
(10) One type of short-axon horizontal cell (HC) and one type of axonless HC are described in the retina of Carinae noctua, a crepuscular bird and Tyto alba, a pure nocturnal bird.
(11) When administered to adult patients with urge incontinence (generally as a 25mg twice-daily dose) terodiline reduces diurnal and nocturnal micturition frequency and incontinence episodes.
(12) To determine what effect higher nocturnal STC would have in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on overnight lung function, oxygen saturation, and sleep quality, two different theophylline products were used to give higher or lower STC during the night.
(13) A diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria may be suggested with magnetic resonance imaging, based on the massive renal cortical hemosiderosis that occurs in this disease.
(14) No IgE circadian rhythm was validated in healthy children while a large amplitude (approximately equal to 30% of the 24 hours mean) circadian rhythm with 2 diurnal peaks and a nocturnal trough was demonstrated (P less than 0.0023) in the asthmatics.
(15) These results extend the scope of immunologic circadian rhythms to the reticuloendothelial system as a feature of a bioperiodic defense mechanism, most active during the habitual rest light span of nocturnally active mice.
(16) The degree of change was comparable during the diurnal and nocturnal periods.
(17) The administration of vitamin E, a natural antioxidant, to a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) failed to diminish the urinary excretion of 59-Fe as monitored by 59-Fe whole body counting and urinary loss of isotope.
(18) Sleep percentages were higher when recordings were done during the nocturnal period.
(19) In comparison with age-matched normal controls, the fragile-X group showed lower melatonin values and a significant impairment of the nocturnal rise in this hormone.
(20) Accordingly, the effect of alpha-adrenergic stimulation and anticholinergic suppression was found to be insufficient to achieve nocturnal continence in patients with ileocaecal bladder replacement.