Hypoactivation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Less than normal activation countable, uncountable

    "As indicated by fMRI, during facial emotional categorization young females with major depressive disorder, MDD, exhibit hyperactivation, whereas young males display hypoactivation in the precuneous brain area [65 ]."

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"As indicated by fMRI, during facial emotional categorization young females with major depressive disorder, MDD, exhibit hyperactivation, whereas young males display hypoactivation in the precuneous brain area [65 ]."

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From hypo- + activation.

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