acting to induce or assist the facilitation of neural activity
Examples of 'facilitatory' in a sentence
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However, this facilitatory influence of semantic auditory input was only observed when audiovisual stimulation co-occurred.
Dustin eCox, Sang Wook eHong 2015, 'Semantic-Based Crossmodal Processing During Visual Suppression', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00722/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results suggest that direct current has a facilitatory effect on motoneuron reflex excitability.
Olyaei G, Akbari M, Esfandiarpoor F 2000, 'Effects of direct current on motoneuron reflex excitability (Assessed by H-reflexamplitude) in healthy subjects', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/1257.pdf&manuscript_id=1257. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, descending facilitatory or excitatory modulation may also act to enhance chronic pain.
Xu Bo, Descalzi Giannina, Ye Hai-Rong, Zhuo Min, Wang Ying-Wei 2012, 'Translational investigation and treatment of neuropathic pain', Molecular Painhttp://www.molecularpain.com/content/8/1/15. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the cortical processes underlying these facilitatory mechanisms remain unclear.
Tiitinen Hannu, Miettinen Ismo, Alku Paavo, May Patrick J C 2012, 'Transient and sustained cortical activity elicited by connected speech of varyingintelligibility', BMC Neurosciencehttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/13/157. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, independent of cueing, facilitatory and inhibitory changes in visual sensitivity also arise pre-microsaccadically.
Xiaoguang eTian, Masatoshi eYoshida, Ziad M. Hafed 2016, 'A Microsaccadic Account of Attentional Capture and Inhibition of Return in PosnerCueing', Frontiers in Systems Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2016.00023/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The models comprise both facilitatory and inhibitory processes that compete upstream of motor output regions.
Hayley J. MacDonald, Angus J. C. McMorland, Cathy M. Stinear, James P. Coxon, WinstonD. Byblow 2017, 'An Activation Threshold Model for Response Inhibition', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0169320. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Activated glial cells in specific supraspinal subregions may affect the facilitatory role of descending pathways.
Petr Dubový, Ilona Klusáková, Ivana Hradilová-Svíženská, Marek Joukal, Pere Boadas-Vaello,Pere Boadas-Vaello 2018, 'Activation of Astrocytes and Microglial Cells and CCL2/CCR2 Upregulation in the Dorsolateraland Ventrolateral Nuclei of Periaqueductal Gray and Rostral Ventromedial Medulla FollowingDifferent Types of Sciatic Nerve Injury', Frontiers in Cellular Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00040/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, no facilitatory effect was found in hemianopic patients with lesions of the pulvinar.
Caterina Bertini, Caterina Bertini, Mattia Pietrelli, Mattia Pietrelli, Davide Braghittoni,Davide Braghittoni, Elisabetta Làdavas, Elisabetta Làdavas 2018, 'Pulvinar Lesions Disrupt Fear-Related Implicit Visual Processing in Hemianopic Patients',Frontiers in Psychologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02329/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The behavioral results showed standard interference effects in the semantic condition, and facilitatory effects in the phonological condition.
Roberto Dell'Acqua, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Paola Sessa, Francesca Peressotti, ClaudioMulatti, Eduardo Navarrete, Jonathan Grainger 2010, 'ERP evidence for ultra-fast semantic processing in the picture-word interference paradigm',Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00177/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The facilitatory effects observed were larger in the go/no-go task than in the simple task.
F. Del-Fava, L.E. Ribeiro-do-Valle 2004, 'Relative contribution of expectancy and immediate arousal to the facilitatory effectof an auditory accessory stimulus', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000800006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)