Definition of "down-regulation" [down-regulation]

• Alternative spelling of downregulation. (noun)

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• "When we quiet the mind, contemplate, and conceive the details of what we desire, this affects the development of neural pathways that promote the down-regulation of the sympathetic nervous system, (read this as 'stress central'), and promotes relaxation, harmony, well-being."
• "Perhaps the lack of response in moss and lichens reflects their adaptation to the currently high levels of CO2 that they experience close to the ground surface [106] via the process of down-regulation."
• "The first experiment that manipulated CO2 in the Arctic concluded that elevated CO2 concentrations had no long-term effects because photosynthetic acclimation (i.e., down-regulation, the physiological adjustment of photosynthetic rate so that no differences are found between plants grown at ambient and elevated CO2 levels) in cottongrass ( '' Eriophorum vaginatum '') was apparent within three weeks and biomass did not increase."