Category: N
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Neurofeedback
A type of biofeedback where brainwave activity is monitored through real-time digital tracking and regulated or reorganized through sound or visual signals to improve brain function.
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Neural adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
A central metabolite that serves as the main source of energy for most cellular processes.
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Nutritionist
A person who advises others on dietary matters relating to health, well-being, and optimal nutrition; there is no legal definition, so education level can vary. One who applies the science of nutrition to the promotion of health and control of disease, instructs auxiliary medical personnel, and participates in surveys. A person who specialises in the…
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Nutrition
The study of nutrients in foods and their functions in the body. The process by which living organisms take in and use food for the maintenance of life, growth, and the functioning of organs and tissues; the branch of science that studies these processes. The act or process of nourishing. Refers to the quality and…
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Nutrients
Components of food that help to nourish the body by performing any of the following functions: provide energy, serve as building material, help maintain or repair body parts, promote or sustain growth, and regulate or assist body processes. Essential dietary factors such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids. Metabolic fuels (sources of energy)…
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Numerical cue
A transitional cue that communicates the desired repetitions of each movement.
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Neutral buoyancy
The gravity-versus-buoyancy relationship that results from the force of weight being equal to the force of buoyancy (causing the object to remain suspended at some intermediate point within the fluid).
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Neurotransmitter
A chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses between neurons across a synapse. A chemical (e.g., acetylcholine, gaba [gammaaminobutyric acid], dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin) found in the nervous system that facilitates the transmission of impulses across synapses between neurons. Disorders in the brain physiology of neurotransmitters have helped us to understand the actions of drugs used to…
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Neuroendocrine
Relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together). To the endocrine and nervous systems, especially as they function together to control the activities of the body. To the nervous and endocrine systems as an integrated functioning mechanism.
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Negligence
Committing an act that a person exercising ordinary care would not do under similar circumstances, or the failure to do what a person practicing ordinary care would do under similar circumstances. Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do, or doing something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do. The act…