2019年11月11日 星期一

dropsy, stay on, serous, serotonin, dopamine, wakefulness


Researchers have long debated serotonin's role in sleep: Does serotonin promote sleep, or its opposite, wakefulness?
In a recent paper, Caltech scientists have found that serotonin is necessary for sleep in zebrafish and mouse models.


dropsy

(noun) Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

Synonyms: edema, hydrops


Usage:

I must tell you that this thickness and roundness of the waist is caused by a dropsy brought on by over-haste in journeying from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.





serous
[形]漿(しょう)液状の[性の, を含む, を分泌する];水のような.se・ros・i・ty〔sirsti

serotonin[ser・o・to・nin] 血清素
  発音記号[sèrətóunin]

[名][U]《生化学》セロトニン:神経伝達物質の一つ.| -rs-〕[名]
serous membrane
《解剖学・動物学》漿膜(しょうまく).

dopamine 
[名][U]《生化学》ドーパミン:(アルコールや麻薬などの)中毒現象を引き起こす脳内物質.     多巴胺
dopaminergic
[形]《生化学》〈神経などが〉ドーパミン作動性の.

dropsy[drop・sy]

  • 音記号[drɑ'psi | drɔ'p-]

[名][U]
1 《病理学》水腫(すいしゅ), 浮腫.
2 ((俗))チップ, 賄賂(わいろ).
-si・cal
[形]水腫[浮腫]の.

Building a Safer Haiti

United Nations forces need to stay on while Haiti builds a competent, nonpolitical police force.


stay on 繼續停留

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