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CONDUCTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("conductance" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Context examples:
Natural or synthetic Antihypertensive Preparations reduce elevated blood pressure through diverse mechanisms: calcium channel (and conductance) blockage, beta- and alpha-adrenergic blockage, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition, etc.. Their effects induce diuresis and peripheral vasodilation.
(Antihypertensive Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)
This leads to an increase in chloride ion conductance, neuronal hyperpolarization, inhibition of the action potential and leads to a decrease in neuronal excitability.
(Alprazolam, NCI Thesaurus)
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a defect in a gene called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator).
(Scientists find new approach that shows promise for treating cystic fibrosis, National Institutes of Health)
Phenobarbital binds to a distinct site on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-A subtype receptor in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby increasing the influx of chloride ions into the neuron and potentiating GABA-induced increases in chloride conductance.
(Belladonna/Phenobarbital, NCI Thesaurus)
A large increase in [Ca2+]i resulting from influx through NMDA receptors leads to constitutive activation of CaM kinase II (CaM KII) . Constitutively active CaM kinase II phosphorylates AMPA receptors, resulting in potentiation of the ionic conductance of AMPA receptors.
(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC) binds to the cannabinoid G-protein coupled receptor CB1, located in the central nervous system; CB1 receptor activation inhibits adenyl cyclase, increases mitogen-activated protein kinase activities, modulates several potassium channel conductances and inhibits N- and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels.
(Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol, NCI Thesaurus)
This increases the concentration of intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which is derived from guanosine triphosphate (GTP). cGMP activates the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and stimulates the secretion of chloride and bicarbonate into the intestinal lumen.
(Linaclotide, NCI Thesaurus)
Binding causes an allosteric modification of the receptor thereby enhancing the affinity of GABA to the receptor leading to an increase in the frequency of chloride-channel opening events, which leads to an increase in chloride ion conductance, neuronal hyperpolarization, inhibition of the action potential, and a decrease in neuronal excitability.
(Flurazepam, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers found that, compared to the typically developing children, the children with autism had higher skin conductance levels when reading silently, reading aloud, and in the group toy session.
(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)
When the session with the guinea pigs began, however, skin conductance levels among the children with ASDs dropped significantly.
(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)
