| acute inflammatory response |
Inflammation which comprises a rapid, short-lived, relatively uniform response to acute injury or antigenic challenge and is characterized by accumulations of fluid, plasma proteins, and granulocytic leukocytes. An acute inflammatory response occurs within a matter of minutes or hours, and either resolves within a few days or becomes a chronic inflammatory response. |
| aggressive behavior |
A behavioral interaction between organisms in which one organism has the intention of inflicting physical damage on another individual. |
| angiotensin-mediated drinking behavior |
The drinking behavior that is mediated by the action of angiotensin in the brain. Angiotensin stimulates the brain centers that control thirst. |
| associative learning |
Learning by associating a stimulus (the cause) with a particular outcome (the effect). |
| behavioral response to pain |
Any process that results in a change in the behavior of an organism as a result of a pain stimulus. Pain stimuli cause activation of nociceptors, peripheral receptors for pain, include receptors which are sensitive to painful mechanical stimuli, extreme heat or cold, and chemical stimuli. |
| eating behavior |
The specific behavior of an organism relating to the intake of food, any substance (usually solid) that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. |
| learning or memory |
The acquisition and processing of information and/or the storage and retrieval of this information over time. |
| long-term memory |
The memory process that deals with the storage, retrieval and modification of information a long time (typically weeks, months or years) after receiving that information. This type of memory is typically dependent on gene transcription regulated by second messenger activation. |
| operant conditioning |
Learning to anticipate future events on the basis of past experience with the consequences of one's own behavior. |
| positive regulation of action potential |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of action potential creation, propagation or termination. This typically occurs via modulation of the activity or expression of voltage-gated ion channels. |
| positive regulation of blood pressure |
Any process in which the force of blood traveling through the circulatory system is increased. |
| positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration |
Any process that increases the concentration of calcium ions in the cytosol. |
| positive regulation of epithelial cell migration |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of epithelial cell migration. |
| positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation |
Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of epithelial cell proliferation. |
| positive regulation of flagellated sperm motility |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of flagellated sperm motility. |
| positive regulation of hormone secretion |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the regulated release of a hormone from a cell. |
| positive regulation of leukocyte migration |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate, or extent of leukocyte migration. |
| positive regulation of lymphocyte proliferation |
Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of lymphocyte proliferation. |
| positive regulation of ossification |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of ossification, the formation of bone or of a bony substance or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. |
| positive regulation of renal sodium excretion |
Any process that increases the amount of sodium excreted in urine over a unit of time. |
| positive regulation of saliva secretion |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the regulated release of saliva. |
| positive regulation of stress fiber assembly |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the assembly of a stress fiber, a bundle of microfilaments and other proteins found in fibroblasts. |
| positive regulation of synaptic transmission, cholinergic |
Any process that activates, maintains or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cholinergic synaptic transmission, the process of communication from a neuron to another neuron across a synapse using the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. |
| positive regulation of synaptic transmission, GABAergic |
Any process that activates, maintains or increases the frequency, rate or extent of GABAergic synaptic transmission, the process of communication from a neuron to another neuron across a synapse using the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). |
| positive regulation of uterine smooth muscle contraction |
Any process that increases the frequency, rate or extent of uterine smooth muscle contraction. |
| positive regulation of vascular permeability |
Any process that increases the extent to which blood vessels can be pervaded by fluid. |
| positive regulation of vasoconstriction |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of vasoconstriction. |
| regulation of blood pressure |
Any process that modulates the force with which blood travels through the circulatory system. The process is controlled by a balance of processes that increase pressure and decrease pressure. |
| regulation of smooth muscle cell migration |
Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell migration. |
| regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation |
Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell proliferation. |
| regulation of uterine smooth muscle contraction |
Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of uterine smooth muscle contraction. |
| response to auditory stimulus |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an auditory stimulus. |
| response to electrical stimulus |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an electrical stimulus. |
| response to estradiol |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of stimulus by estradiol, a C18 steroid hormone hydroxylated at C3 and C17 that acts as a potent estrogen. |
| response to ethanol |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an ethanol stimulus. |
| response to heat |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a heat stimulus, a temperature stimulus above the optimal temperature for that organism. |
| response to hormone |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a hormone stimulus. |
| response to morphine |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a morphine stimulus. Morphine is an opioid alkaloid, isolated from opium, with a complex ring structure. |
| response to nicotine |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a nicotine stimulus. |
| response to organic cyclic compound |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an organic cyclic compound stimulus. |
| response to ozone |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a ozone stimulus. |
| response to pain |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a pain stimulus. Pain stimuli cause activation of nociceptors, peripheral receptors for pain, include receptors which are sensitive to painful mechanical stimuli, extreme heat or cold, and chemical stimuli. |
| response to progesterone |
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a progesterone stimulus. |
| sensory perception of pain |
The series of events required for an organism to receive a painful stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Pain is medically defined as the physical sensation of discomfort or distress caused by injury or illness, so can hence be described as a harmful stimulus which signals current (or impending) tissue damage. Pain may come from extremes of temperature, mechanical damage, electricity or from noxious chemical substances. This is a neurological process. |
| smooth muscle contraction involved in micturition |
The process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in the urinary bladder smooth muscle tissue involved in the expulsion urine from the body. |
| sperm ejaculation |
The expulsion of seminal fluid, thick white fluid containing spermatozoa, from the male genital tract. |
| tachykinin receptor signaling pathway |
A G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway initiated by tachykinin binding to its receptor on the surface of a target cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process. Tachykinin is a short peptide with the terminal sequence (Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2). |
