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- noun medicine The state of having an incomplete
afferent connection with thecentral nervous system
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Examples
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Years ago, experiments with isolation tanks showed another dimension of the deafferentation process.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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In the neuropsychology of spiritual, mystical, and transcendent experiences, a particular process, called “deafferentation,” often takes place: neural activity in one part of the brain cannot enter another part of the brain.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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In the neuropsychology of spiritual, mystical, and transcendent experiences, a particular process, called “deafferentation,” often takes place: neural activity in one part of the brain cannot enter another part of the brain.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Years ago, experiments with isolation tanks showed another dimension of the deafferentation process.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Finally, deafferentation can reflect abnormal functioning caused by a stroke or tumor.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Finally, deafferentation can reflect abnormal functioning caused by a stroke or tumor.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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"Hearing loss may be causally related to dementia, possibly through exhaustion of cognitive reserve, social isolation, environmental deafferentation elimination of sensory nerve fibers or a combination of these pathways," wrote the researchers, who are affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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To show the feasibility of sacral deafferentation as a salvage procedure to resolve life-threatening autonomic dysreflexia.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J Pannek 2010
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In a patient presenting with acute autonomic dysreflexia leading to cardiac arrest, sacral deafferentation could prevent further episodes of autonomic dysreflexia.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J Pannek 2010
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In these cases, sacral deafferentation may be the only salvage procedure to prevent further serious health problems.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J Pannek 2010
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