seasonality effect

the observation that individuals with schizophrenia are most likely to have been born during the months of January to April. The hypothesized significance of the season of birth is uncertain. See also viral hypothesis. [advanced by U.S. psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey (1937– )]

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May 9th 2024

Hering–Breuer reflex

a nervous mechanism involved in normal breathing, with stimuli from sensory endings in lung tissue limiting inspiration and expiration. [Ewald Hering; Josef Breuer]