environment. Thus, to Barcroft homeostasis was not only organized by the brain—homeostasis served the brain. Homeostasis is an almost exclusively biological...
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In biology, energy homeostasis, or the homeostatic control of energy balance, is a biological process that involves the coordinated homeostatic regulation...
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Radiation hormesis (redirect from Radiation homeostasis)
Radiation hormesis is the hypothesis that low doses of ionizing radiation (within the region of and just above natural background levels) are beneficial...
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Developmental homeostasis is a process in which animals develop more or less normally, despite defective genes and deficient environments. It is an organism's...
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Blood sugar regulation (redirect from Glucose homeostasis)
within a narrow range. This tight regulation is referred to as glucose homeostasis. Insulin, which lowers blood sugar, and glucagon, which raises it, are...
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Jevons paradox (redirect from Waste homeostasis)
In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress increases the efficiency with which a resource...
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Hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis (redirect from Thyroid homeostasis)
hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis (HPT axis for short, a.k.a. thyroid homeostasis or thyrotropic feedback control) is part of the neuroendocrine system...
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Gaia hypothesis (redirect from Planetary homeostasis)
coordination of living organisms and maintain those conditions through homeostasis. In some versions of Gaia philosophy, all lifeforms are considered part...
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Acid–base homeostasis is the homeostatic regulation of the pH of the body's extracellular fluid (ECF). The proper balance between the acids and bases...
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Thermoregulation (redirect from Thermal homeostasis)
thermoregulation. The internal thermoregulation process is one aspect of homeostasis: a state of dynamic stability in an organism's internal conditions, maintained...
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