(n.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
Example Sentences:
(1) Gonadectomy has no effect on POA aromatase in the female.
(2) In addition, the warm-responsive neurones in the VMH region exhibited larger thermal coefficients than those in the POA region.
(3) Activity of the aromatase system in the POA, which converts testosterone to 17 beta-estradiol (E2), is increased by systemic androgen.
(4) In contrast, in the preoptic area-anterior hypothalamus (POA-AH) these antisera assayed amounts of LHRH that varied as a function of binding characteristics, although the quantities did not vary with the estradiol treatment schedule.
(5) Interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) are thought to be endogenous pyrogens, i.e., to mediate fever production; warm-sensitive (W) and cold-sensitive (C) neurons in the preoptic area (POA) are presumed to be the ultimate targets of endogenous pyrogens.
(6) One week after the placement of a lesion by radiofrequency or microinjection of kainic acid in the organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis (OVLT) but not in subfornical organ, ACTH response to intravenous IL-1 beta was enhanced, whereas both radiofrequency-induced lesion and kainic acid in the preoptic area (POA) suppressed the response.
(7) Pancreatic oncofetal antigen (POA) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were determined in plasma of 195 patients with breast cancer and 90 patients with colon carcinoma.
(8) These results show that damage to the AH or AH-POA junction in male marmosets causes a profound suppression of sexual 'arousal' and copulatory behaviour and that such affects are not due to androgen insufficiency or other, non-specific, side effects of neural damage.
(9) The threshold of AD and OD response in POA neurons declined during estrus and proestrus of the estrous cycle and in the Ovx-E group, but increased in the Ovx-P group and during diestrus.
(10) To determine if the median eminence itself could direct the growth of GnRH axons, co-grafts of POA and a fetal medial basal hypothalamic (MBH) block, which was predominantly median eminence, were made.
(11) These results indicate that the inductions of fever and plasma ceruloplasmin by IL6 are, like those of IL1, modulated in the POA, albeit the effective doses are much higher than those of IL1.
(12) Area POa in the lower bank is the recipient of a projection from the rostral inferior parietal lobule.
(13) Each neurotransmitter antagonist was administered via a chronically implanted steel guide tube into either the preoptic area (POA), retrochiasmatic area (RCh), or the median eminence region (ME).
(14) It is apparent from these studies that estrogen appears to activate the neurons of the POA receiving inhibitory synaptic input via the axonal collateral branches of the ARC neurons, and that progesterone seems to activate the neurons of the POA receiving excitatory synaptic input.
(15) In vitro estrogen formation was significantly lower in POA (p less than 0.05) and MBH (p less than 0.01) after castration.
(16) Custer I contained isolates from green healthy leaves of Agrostis tenuis, Festuca rubra, Holcus lanata, Lolium perenne and Poa pratensis, and clusters 2 and 3 consisted of isolates from Holcus lanata seeds and leaves of P. pratensis respectively.
(17) It was subsequently shown that males with a bilaterally lesioned SDN-POA still showed an increase in plasma testosterone.
(18) GnRH fibers projected from the medial POA to a dense fiber plexus in the median eminence (ME).
(19) The hypothalamic preoptic area (POA) was electrically stimulated through permanently implanted electrodes in 4 unanesthetized sheep.
(20) Coronal sections from midportions of the preoptic area (POA), suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and arcuate nucleus (ARC) were examined by quantitative light microscopy in young (5 month) and old (18-20 months) intact mice and in old mice which had been ovariectomized at 6 months of age.
Poi
Definition:
(n.) A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Females scored consistently and significantly more in the purported self-actualizing direction on the POI scales and subscales than males in this study.
(2) Slope at POI was greatest in quail and the same for turkeys and chickens.
(3) Thirty-six instances of POI in children (aged 1 month to 18 years) were treated between 1970 and 1987.
(4) These data establish that Lf binds to specific components in the bacterial OM; the heat-modifiable, anti-PoI-reactive, and LPS-associated properties suggested that the Lf-binding proteins are porins in S. flexneri.
(5) Two cases of postoperative intussusception (POI) are reported.
(6) For example, at Dora in Poi ( Via Catania 21 ) in Vanchiglietta, the restaurant where Vassily and I work, all our base ingredients are Piemontese – such as rice, garlic and salmon – but we have created dishes with influences from northern Europe, Asia and South America, so you’ll see plenty of ceviche, dim sum, ramen-style soup and quinoa.
(7) Highly significant positive correlations were obtained between one's overall score on the IPD and the two major dimensions of the POI.
(8) In classroom testing sessions, 160 high school students completed the POI and personal data sheets, which gave information about their menstrual cycle phase.
(9) Slope at POI was greater for females than for males.
(10) Nine of the 12 Shostrom POI subscales were significantly correlated with the religious participation index in the predicted direction.
(11) In the cases described, the first surgical procedure combined most causative factors for POI: young age, preoperative chemotherapy, prolonged general anaesthesia, extensive retroperitoneal dissection close to components of the neurovegetative system.
(12) The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), the Inventory of Temporal Experiences (ITE), and the Adjective Check List (ACL) were administered to 80 subjects.
(13) The 39-kDa component was also reactive to a monoclonal antibody specific for porin (PoI) proteins of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
(14) POI followed Nissen fundoplication in 9 patients, neuroblastoma resection in 5, small-bowel procedures in 4, inguinal herniorrhaphy in 3, pull-through procedures in 3, ureterostomy in 2, thoracic procedures in 2, ventral hernia in 1, nephrectomy in 1, hepatic resection in 1, Heller myotomy in 1, ventriculo-atrial shunt in 1, and gastrocystoplasty in 1.
(15) Compared with BUT hens, the slope of the growth curve was greater, but the BW and age at the point of inflection (POI) was decreased in NIC hens.
(16) The findings show that persons high on PIL and POI scores reported higher levels of sexual enjoyment.
(17) Although POI is a classical complication of abdominal surgery, it is often forgotten.
(18) Studied the relationship between menstrual cycle phase and self-actualization as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI).
(19) No significative differences were poi nted out for the most part of the determined parameters between the stations upstream and downstream Cremona and Casalmaggiore, except the turbid load (turbidity, suspended matter at 105 degrees C, setteable solids) which presented at Casalmaggiore an average value absolutely higher than the calculated one which was achieved considering concentrations and river flow at Cremona and at the mouths of Arda-Ongina and Taro.
(20) Males achieved higher weights at POI and asymptote but took longer to reach these weights.