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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
1) The largest and most lateral part of the basal ganglia which, together with the caudate nucleus and globus pallidus, forms the corpus striatum.
2) An outer reddish layer of gray matter in the lentiform nucleus.
Industry:Health care
1) The largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres, or halves, called the cerebral hemispheres. Areas within the cerebrum control muscle functions and also control speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.
2) An enlarged anterior or upper part of the brain; especially: the expanded anterior portion of the brain that in higher mammals overlies the rest of the brain, consists of cerebral hemispheres and connecting structures, and is considered to be the seat of conscious mental processes.
Industry:Health care
1) The largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres, or halves, called the cerebral hemispheres. Areas within the cerebrum control muscle functions and also control speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.
2) An enlarged anterior or upper part of the brain; especially: the expanded anterior portion of the brain that in higher mammals overlies the rest of the brain, consists of cerebral hemispheres and connecting structures, and is considered to be the seat of conscious mental processes.
Industry:Health care
1) The length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a tandem cluster.
2) Multiple copies of the same base sequence on a chromosome; used as markers in physical mapping.
3) A tandem repeat is a sequence of two or more DNA base pairs that is repeated in such a way that the repeats lie adjacent to each other on the chromosome. Tandem repeats are generally associated with non-coding DNA. In some instances, the number of times the DNA sequence is repeated is variable. Such variable tandem repeats are used in DNA fingerprinting procedures.
Industry:Health care
1) The length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a tandem cluster.
2) Multiple copies of the same base sequence on a chromosome; used as markers in physical mapping.
3) A tandem repeat is a sequence of two or more DNA base pairs that is repeated in such a way that the repeats lie adjacent to each other on the chromosome. Tandem repeats are generally associated with non-coding DNA. In some instances, the number of times the DNA sequence is repeated is variable. Such variable tandem repeats are used in DNA fingerprinting procedures.
Industry:Health care
1) The main glucocorticoid secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX. Its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions.
2) A drug used to relieve the symptoms of certain hormone shortages and to suppress an immune response.
Industry:Health care
1) The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges.
2) CNS. The brain and spinal cord.
Industry:Health care
1) The main type of cell found in the inside lining of blood vessels, lymph vessels, and the heart.
2) Highly specialized epithelial cells that line the heart; blood vessels; and lymph vessels, forming the endothelium. They are polygonal in shape and joined together by tight junctions. The tight junctions allow for variable permeability to specific macromolecules that are transported across the endothelial layer.
3) The main type of cell forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium. SYN endotheliocyte.
Industry:Health care
1) The main type of cell found in the inside lining of blood vessels, lymph vessels, and the heart.
2) Highly specialized epithelial cells that line the heart; blood vessels; and lymph vessels, forming the endothelium. They are polygonal in shape and joined together by tight junctions. The tight junctions allow for variable permeability to specific macromolecules that are transported across the endothelial layer.
3) The main type of cell forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium. SYN endotheliocyte.
Industry:Health care
1) The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the corpus luteum and the placenta. Progesterone acts on the uterus, the mammary glands, and the brain. It is required in embryo implantation, pregnancy maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for milk production. Progesterone, converted from pregnenolone, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of gonadal steroid hormones and adrenal corticosteroids.
2) Produced in the corpus luteum and by the placenta, as an antagonist of estrogens. Promotes proliferation of uterine mucosa and the implantation of the blastocyst, prevents further follicular development.
Industry:Health care
