Based on anatomical sites with muted slow - wave activity, the researchers suspect the first - night effect involves the default - mode network, a system of interacting brain regions involved in daydreaming and spontaneous thoughts. (scientificamerican.com)
We describe an experimental model system that definitively links surgery and the subsequent wound - healing response to the outgrowth of tumor cells at distant anatomical sites. (stm.sciencemag.org)
As a result, various regions of the cancer can have unique features, even within the same anatomical site.» (sciencedaily.com)