functional activation

collocation in English

meaningsoffunctionalandactivation

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withactivation.
functional
adjective
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
See more atfunctional
activation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌæk.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæk.təˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of making something start or making it ...
See more atactivation

(Definition offunctionalandactivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffunctional activation

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Functionalactivationof the human frontal cortex during the performance of verbal working memory tasks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Gradedfunctionalactivationin the visuospatial system with the amount of task demand.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This view predicts that differences infunctionalactivationwill be seen between groups, but that this could even involve more widespread activation in developmental disorders.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No relationship was observed between subsyndrome scores andfunctionalactivationduring the motor task.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Imagingfunctionalactivationof the auditory cortex during focal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex in normal subjects.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Inter-helical interactions between particular subunits and their aggregation upon ligand binding are not always enough for a fullfunctionalactivation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Global symptom severity was associated withfunctionalactivationin the left superior temporal gyrus and left lingual gyrus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Likewise, patients with negative symptoms may have reduced endogenous activity in premotor cortex and concomitantly increased power offunctionalactivationof this region by a competitive experimental task.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Functionalactivationimaging in aging and dementia.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is considerable variability between patients in their expression of the diverse range of symptoms encompassed by the syndrome of schizophrenia, which may modulatefunctionalactivationto cognitive processing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition offunctional
Go to the definition ofactivation
See other collocations withactivation