hypoactivation

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ activation.

Noun

hypoactivation (countable and uncountable, plural hypoactivations)

1. Less than normal activation
   • 2015 July 9, “Face-n-Food: Gender Differences in Tuning to Faces”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     As indicated by fMRI, during facial emotional categorization young females with major depressive disorder, MDD, exhibit hyperactivation, whereas young males display hypoactivation in the precuneous brain area [65 ].