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• Obesity
  Eating Disorder Research
  Nutrition
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Hormone Disorders
   

  Appetite

  The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Thyroid Disease
  Human Biology
  Nervous System
  Menopause
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Endocrine system

  The endocrine system is a control system of ductless glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones that circulate within the body via the bloodstream to affect distant organs. Hormones act ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Perception
  Developmental Biology
  Psychology Research
   

  Sensory neuron

  Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > more
• Alzheimer's Research
  Alzheimer's
  Dementia
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Parkinson's Research
   

  Dementia with Lewy bodies

  Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most frequent cause of hospitalization for dementia, after Alzheimer's disease. Current estimates are that about 60 to 75% of diagnosed dementias are of the ... > more
• Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
  Tinnitus
  Nervous System
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Auditory system

  The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. The sound waves enter the ear canal, a simple tube (but one which amplifies sounds that are between 3 and 12 kHz). At the far end ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuropathy
  Disability
  Sports Medicine
  Immune System
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Nociceptor

  A nociceptor is a sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to potentially damaging stimulus. Nociceptors are the nerve endings responsible for nociception, ... > more
• Medical Devices
  Neuroscience
  Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
  Nervous System
  Medical Imaging
   
  

  Functional neuroimaging

  Functional neuroimaging is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the relationship between activity in certain brain areas and ... > more
• Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
  Back and Neck Pain
  Arthritis
   

  Pain

  Pain's an unpleasant sensation which may be associated with actual or potential tissue damage and which may have physical and emotional components. According to the International Association for the ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
   

  Olfaction

  Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > more
• Human Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Lymphoma
   
  

  Human anatomy

  Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy. It studies structures and systems of the human body, leaving the study of tissues to histology and cells to cytology. The human body, ... > more

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