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- adjective medicine Having a normal oxygen concentration; typically 20-21% in the atmosphere, or 2-3% in physiological contexts.
- adjective Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains 21%
oxygen .
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Examples
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Koudinavo, N, et al. Alzheimer's abetal2-40 peptide modulates lipid synthesis in neuronal cultures and intact rat fetal brain under normoxic and oxidative stress conditions.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Pressure overload increased IS in association with changes in protein levels consistent with reduced PI3K-Akt signaling (i.e., ischemic reperfused vs. normoxic hearts).
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Under normoxic conditions, HIF-1α activity can be induced by various growth factors, cytokines, activated oncogenes or loss-of-function mutated tumor suppressor genes
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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Our current data suggests that HIF-1α similarly guards gastric cancer cells against chemotherapy-induced senescence under normoxic conditions.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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Under normoxic conditions, the administration of vitamins C and E reduced the intensity of immunostaining of LC3 in comparison to the vehicle control (data not shown).
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Keriel C, Cuchet P (1994) Is oxygen supply sufficient to induce normoxic conditions in isolated rat heart?
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guillaume Calmettes et al. 2010
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Thus, physiological detection of hypoxia results in the activation of an additional, previously unrecognized circuit for processing sensory information that is not required for sensory processing under normoxic conditions.
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The cells were then subjected to HR (8 hours at 2% oxygen, followed by 16 hours at standard culture condition, two cycles) or kept at standard culture conditions throughout as the normoxic control.
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Thus, physiological detection of hypoxia results in the activation of an additional, previously unrecognized circuit for processing sensory information that is not required for sensory processing under normoxic conditions.
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After an overnight rest, the medium was changed, and villous explants were subjected to HR (8 hours at 2% oxygen, followed by 16 hours at 8% oxygen, two cycles) or kept at 8% oxygen throughout the experiment as the normoxic control.
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