cross-tolerance

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cross-tolerance

[¦krȯs ′täl·ə·rəns]

(medicine)

Tolerance or resistance to the action of a drug brought about by continued use of another drug of similar pharmacologic action.

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Cross-tolerance associated with temperature and salinity stress during germination of barley seeds.

Response to temperature stress of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes in cross-tolerance of barley seed germination.

Induction of water deficit tolerance by cold shock and salicylic acid during germination in the common bean/Inducao da tolerancia ao estresse hidrico por choque frio e acido salicilico durante a germinacao em feijoeiro

Framework of Addiction Interaction Disorders (1) Cross-tolerance (a) "A simultaneous increase of addictive behaviour in two or more addictions", or (b) when one addictive behaviour is substituted for another and there is a higher-than-expected tolerance for the new behaviour.

Interactions between substance use and sexual behaviours for women receiving alcohol and other drugs services

This illustrates that, under the range of operating conditions used in this study, cross-tolerance is insignificant in predicting viability loss.

A mortality model for Penicillium bilaiae subjected to convective air drying

As mentioned earlier, acclimation to some stresses has also been found to provide cross-tolerance to other stresses.

Review: abiotic stress sensing and GABA response in plants

Colombo G, Agabio R, Lobina C, et al: Cross-tolerance to ethanol and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Self-medication with [gamma]-hydroxybutyrate to reduce alcohol intake

This drug-induced biotransformation of itself and other drugs is another source of tolerance and cross-tolerance.

Sedative-Hypnotics: pharmacology and use

Another mechanism that may contribute to alcohol-nicotine interactions is cross-tolerance to the effects of both drugs.

Biological processes underlying co-use of alcohol and nicotine: neuronal mechanisms, cross-tolerance, and genetic factors

The role of calcium and activated oxygen as signals for controlling cross-tolerance.

Cross Tolerance Mechanisms of Osmotic and Ionic Stress Adapted Cell Lines of Rice Towards Salinity

These mechanisms include genes that are involved in regulating certain brain chemical systems; neurobiological mechanisms, such as cross-tolerance and cross-sensitization to both drugs; conditioning mechanisms, in which cravings for alcohol or nicotine are elicited by certain environmental cues; and psychosocial factors (e.

Concurrent alcohol and tobacco dependence: mechanisms and treatment

Different opioids bind slightly differently to receptors, and incomplete cross-tolerance is common, she noted.

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If confirmed in humans, this phenomenon, which is called cross-tolerance, may have important implications for the combined use of nicotine and alcohol in humans.