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• Hormone Disorders
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Wounds and Healing
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Androgen

  Androgen is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Melatonin

  Melatonin, 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, is a hormone produced by pinealocytes in the pineal gland (located in the brain) and also by the retina and GI tract. It is referred to by some biochemists ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Alzheimer's Research
  Parkinson's Research
  Birth Defects
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
   

  Huntington's disease

  The causative gene for Huntington's disease, HD, one of the first genes identified to cause an inherited disease, is located on chromosome 4. Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal ... > more
• Nervous System
  Biology
  Neuropathy
  Life Sciences
  Neuroscience
  Disability
   

  Peripheral nervous system

  The peripheral nervous system or PNS, is part of the nervous system, and consists of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) to ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Hormone Disorders
  Gynecology
  Sports Medicine
  Nervous System
   
  

  Placenta

  The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental vertebrates during gestation (pregnancy). All mammals other than monotremes and (most) marsupials utilise placentas in ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Intelligence
   

  Computational neuroscience

  Computational Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary science that links the diverse fields of neuroscience, computer science, physics and applied mathematics together. It serves as the primary ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Healthy Aging
  Foodborne Illness
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Colitis
   
  

  Vomiting

  Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mechanism for expelling ingested poisons, vomiting may result from ... > more
• Perception
  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Psychology
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Visual perception

  Visual perception is one of the senses, consisting of the ability to detect light and interpret (see) it as the perception known as sight or naked eye vision. Vision has a specific sensory system, ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Birth Defects
   

  Epilepsy

  Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. These seizures are transient signs ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Nervous System
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Oxytocin

  Oxytocin is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In women, it is released mainly after distension of the cervix and vagina during labor, and after stimulation of the ... > more

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