"activate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The visual aspects of a word, such as horizontal and vertical lines or curves, are suspected to activate word-recognizing receptors.
- An 'agonist' activates specific neural receptors, causing them to change biochemistry.
- Some substances activate cold trigeminal receptors even when not at low temperatures.
- Like many other biologically active substances, dopamine exerts its effects by binding to and activating receptors located on the surface of cells.
- Norepinephrine performs its actions on the target cell by binding to and activating adrenergic receptors.
- Hair cells of the cristae activate afferent receptors in response to rotational acceleration.
- Hair cells of the maculae activate afferent receptors in response to linear acceleration.
- Capsaicin feels hot in the mouth because it activates sensory receptors on the tongue otherwise used to detect thermal heat.
- Both are direct-acting cholinomimetics; they produce their effects by binding to and activating cholinergic receptors.
- The adrenaline and noradrenaline appear to activate receptors on the vagus nerve running into the brain.
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