Tantra
However, the idea of consciously moving the bodily pranas through yoga is not found in these sources. According to Lorenzen, ... The initiation rituals involved the consumption of the mixed sexual secretions (the clan essence) of a male guru and his ... These initiations included the consumption of the sexual substances (semen and female sexual secretions) produced through ... techniques of bodily and mental purification; the nature of enlightenment; and not least, sacred sexuality." Hindu puja, ...
Epigenetics of autoimmune disorders
... lupus erythematosus is the most common form of lupus and is a condition in which the immune system attacks healthy bodily ... syndrome is a dermatological autoimmune disorder that attacks lacrimal and salivary glands causing a decrease in the secretion ...
Psychoneuroimmunology
Chronic secretion of stress hormones, glucocorticoids (GCs) and catecholamines (CAs), as a result of disease, may reduce the ... Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage, 1915). These studies looked into the relationship between the effects of ... CRH Regulates secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). CRH is widely distributed in the brain and periphery CRH also ... Glucocorticoids also inhibit the further secretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus and ACTH from the ...
Glycerol kinase deficiency
This excess of glycerol in bodily fluids can lead to many more potentially dangerous symptoms. Common symptoms include vomiting ... Autonomous Glucocorticoid Secretion and Neonatal Death". Human Molecular Genetics. 6 (11): 1803-1809. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.11.1803 ...
Leopard
In the southern Kalahari Desert, leopards meet their water requirements by the bodily fluids of prey and succulent plants; they ... Results of a phylogenetic analysis of chemical secretions amongst cats indicated that the leopard is closely related to the ...
Ascidiacea
Adhesive secretion prompts an irreversible metamorphosis: various organs (such as the larval tail and fins) are lost while ... The pharyngeal region contains the pharynx, while the abdomen contains most of the other bodily organs, and the postabdomen ...
List of dangerous snakes
While several species of snakes may cause more bodily destruction than others, any of these venomous snakes are still very ... oral secretions may become profuse and thick), limb paralysis, nausea and vomiting, ptosis, fever, and severe abdominal pain. ...
Olfactic communication
Humans are capable of distinctly recognizing and empathizing with emotion identified from bodily odors. Research done by ... while heterosexual men are attracted to females with high estrogen levels and strong menstrual secretions. An entire industry ...
Fear
These bodily reactions informs the individual that they are afraid and should proceed to remove or get away from the stimulus ... In the presence of a threatening stimulus, the amygdalae generate the secretion of hormones that influence fear and aggression ... Irrational fear shares a common neural pathway with other fears, a pathway that engages the nervous system to mobilize bodily ...
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Higher secretion of IFN-γ and IL-4, and lower plasma cortisol concentration during pregnancy has been reported in females with ... As lymphocytic infiltration progresses, patients may exhibit signs of hypothyroidism in multiple bodily systems, including, but ... lower secretion of TGF-β (inhibitor of cytokine production), and mutations of FoxP3, an essential regulatory factor for the ... TSH secretion from the anterior pituitary increases in response to a decrease in negative feedback inhibition secondary to ...
Coitus interruptus
However, a reduction in the volume of bodily fluids exchanged during intercourse may reduce the likelihood of disease ... Zukerman Z, Weiss DB, Orvieto R (April 2003). "Does preejaculatory penile secretion originating from Cowper's gland contain ...
Sexual arousal
The second stage, approach response, progresses from the first and involves bodily movements towards the object. The final ... April 2001). "Coitus-induced orgasm stimulates prolactin secretion in healthy subjects". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 26 (3): 287- ...
Golding Bird
"Case of excessive secretion of the ammonio-magnesium phosphate by the kidneys, with long continued vomiting", The Medical Times ... organic stones caused by a malfunctioning bodily process, and excessive inorganic salts causing sediment on which the stone ... "Mucous and purulent secretions", Guy's Hospital Reports, vol. 3, pp. 35-59, 1838. "Notice respecting the artificial formation ... treatment was used to treat nervous disorders where the nervous system was unable to stimulate a required glandular secretion ...
Airway management
Airway obstruction can be caused by the tongue, foreign objects, the tissues of the airway itself, and bodily fluids such as ... protect the respiratory tract from gastric and nasal secretions, be easily inserted by even a nonspecialist, produce high first ...
Caffeine
Cohen S, Booth GH (October 1975). "Gastric acid secretion and lower-esophageal-sphincter pressure in response to coffee and ... or other beverages is absorbed by the small intestine within 45 minutes of ingestion and distributed throughout all bodily ... Caffeine in coffee and other caffeinated drinks can affect gastrointestinal motility and gastric acid secretion. In ...
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
This is possibly a result of the atrophy of the ant's mandibular muscles caused by the secretion of fungal compounds. In ... a strain of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is similarly able to infect the human population through exchange of bodily fluids, ... the presence of huge fungal cell populations beside the host's brain and within muscles because these lead to the secretion of ...
Southern bluefin tuna
The tuna's heart must pump blood to the bodily extremities at a quick rate to conserve heat and reduce heat loss. The heart of ... have acquired a variety of proteins and mechanisms which allow the secretion of ions through the gill epithelium. Due to the ...
Ultraviolet
Springer, E.; Almog, J.; Frank, A.; Ziv, Z.; Bergman, P.; Gui Quang, W. (1994). "Detection of dry bodily fluids by inherent ... and the urine and other secretions of some animals, including dogs, cats, and human beings, are much easier to spot with ... and lights for detecting counterfeit money and bodily fluids. UV LEDs are also used in digital print applications and inert UV ... UV is an investigative tool at the crime scene helpful in locating and identifying bodily fluids such as semen, blood, and ...
Weight management
In addition, hormone secretion is affected during fiber ingestion. Insulin response is reduced and cholecystokinin (CCK) in the ... and ensure other bodily functions. Technically speaking, BMR is the energy the body expends during the following specific ... Satiety is also induced by increasing chewing, which limits food intake by promoting the secretion of saliva and gastric juice ... Insulin regulates blood glucose levels while CCK adjusts gastric emptying, pancreatic secretion, and gall bladder contraction. ...
Megabat
The secretions of these glands vary by species-of the 65 chemical compounds isolated from the glands of four species, no ... it can spread person-to-person through contact with infected bodily fluids, including blood and semen. The United States ... Wood, W. F.; Walsh, A.; Seyjagat, J.; Weldon, P. J. (2005). "Volatile Compounds in Shoulder Gland Secretions of Male Flying ... Wagner, J. (2008). "Glandular secretions of male Pteropus (Flying foxes): preliminary chemical comparisons among species". ...
Treatment of cancer
Exosomes are lipid-covered microvesicles shed by solid tumors into bodily fluids, such as blood and urine. Current research is ... resulting in decreased saliva secretion. Post therapy, the salivary glands will resume functioning but rarely in the same ...
Interleukin 6
October 2011). "Interleukin-6 enhances insulin secretion by increasing glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion from L cells and alpha ... and is seen as having a beneficial impact on health and bodily functioning when elevated in response to physical exercise. IL-6 ... selective NK1RAs may eliminate endogenous SP stress-induced augmentation of IL-6 secretion pre-clinically. These and many other ... "Endogenous substance P mediates cold water stress-induced increase in interleukin-6 secretion from peritoneal macrophages". The ...
Respiratory arrest
Other potential causes of obstruction include tumors of the upper respiratory tract (oral cavity, pharynx, larynx), bodily ... People who should not use noninvasive positive pressure ventilation include obtunded patients or ones with secretions. ...
Melioidosis
Diagnosis is usually confirmed by the growth of B. pseudomallei from an infected person's blood or other bodily fluid such as ... As the vesicle acidifies, B. pseudomallei uses its Type 3 secretion system (T3SS) to inject effector proteins into the host ... and TTS genes encoding Type III secretion systems has also been employed for detection. Another method of gene detection namely ...
Endometriosis
There are immune system changes in people with endometriosis, such as an increase of macrophage-derived secretion products, but ... pain associated with ovulation bodily movement pain - present during exercise, standing, or walking Compared with patients with ...
Ulcerative colitis
Thus, the drug may locally decrease histamine secretion by involved gastrointestinal mast cells and alleviate the inflammation ... which are abnormal connections between various bodily structures. Infectious colitis is another condition that may present in ... Opportunely, low gastrointestinal absorption (or high absorbed drug gastrointestinal secretion) of fexofenadine results in ... secretin and their partial sequences on gastric secretion". Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. ...
Behavioral neuroscience
Descartes also elaborated on a theory in which the pneumatics of bodily fluids could explain reflexes and other motor behavior ... Miesenböck, Gero; De Angelis, Dino A.; Rothman, James E. (1998). "Visualizing secretion and synaptic transmission with pH- ...
Autonomic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system is a control system that acts largely unconsciously and regulates bodily functions, such as the ... Sensing chemical and mechanical changes in the gut Regulating secretions in the gut Controlling peristalsis and some other ... facilitating accommodation and allowing for closer vision Stimulating salivary gland secretion, and accelerates peristalsis, ...
Anorexia nervosa
A complicated symptom profile develops when trauma and anorexia meld; the bodily experience of the individual is changed and ... In patients with anorexia nervosa, there is a reduction of the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone in the central ... Aside from weight gain and outer appearance, people with anorexia also report abnormal bodily functions such as indistinct ... report difficulty identifying and describing their emotional feelings and the inability to distinguish emotions from bodily ...
Dopamine
... dopamine inhibits this secretion. In the context of regulating prolactin secretion, dopamine is occasionally called prolactin- ... Listening to pleasurable music is often accompanied by measurable bodily reactions such as goose bumps or shivers down the ... where it influences the secretion of the hormone prolactin. Dopamine is the primary neuroendocrine inhibitor of the secretion ... amine/proton antiporters required for vesicular accumulation and regulated exocytotic secretion of monoamines and acetylcholine ...