resensitization
Regaining lost sensitivity
Resensitization is the process of restoring sensitivity after it has been lost or diminished.
In medicine, it often refers to making cells or receptors responsive again to a drug or stimulus they had become tolerant to: After a break from the medication, resensitization occurred and the original dose became effective again.
The term appears in pharmacology, immunology, and psychology, wherever desensitization can be reversed.
Anxiety treatment through confrontation
- EMDRTrauma therapy using eye movements
- trauma processingAddressing psychological injury effects
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- triggersCauses or activates
anxiety · PTSD · reprocessing · gradual exposure · psychotherapy · trauma recovery · emotional awareness · mindfulness
Renewed consciousness or awareness
- restorationReturning something to condition
- reconnectionRestoring a broken link
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- recalibrationAdjusting measurement standards again
revitalization · re-engagement · responsiveness · attunement · openness · receptivity · reactivation · regeneration
Immune reaction triggers
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
- allergic responseImmune system's mistaken attack
immune response · histamine · allergy shots · food allergy · anaphylaxis · reintroduction · allergist · sublingual
Proteins binding specific molecules
- upregulationIncreased cellular expression
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
- neural pathwaysBrain's communication routes
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
synaptic · dopamine · serotonin · downregulation · neuromodulation · reactivation
exposure therapy
Anxiety treatment through confrontation
- EMDRTrauma therapy using eye movements
- trauma processingAddressing psychological injury effects
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
triggers · anxiety · PTSD · reprocessing · gradual exposure · psychotherapy · trauma recovery · emotional awareness · mindfulness
reawakening
Renewed consciousness or awareness
- restorationReturning something to condition
- reconnectionRestoring a broken link
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
recalibration · revitalization · re-engagement · responsiveness · attunement · openness · receptivity · reactivation · regeneration
allergens
Immune reaction triggers
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
allergic response · immune response · histamine · allergy shots · food allergy · anaphylaxis · reintroduction · allergist · sublingual · titration
receptors
Proteins binding specific molecules
- upregulationIncreased cellular expression
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
- neural pathwaysBrain's communication routes
neurotransmitters · synaptic · dopamine · serotonin · downregulation · neuromodulation · reactivation
resensitizationdesensitization
Reduced response over time
habituation · tolerance · adaptation · down-regulation · inurement
resensitizationdesensitizing
Reducing responsiveness to stimulus
refractoriness · unresponsiveness · insensitivity · exhaustion · fatigue
sense, senses, sensed, sensing, sensor, sensors, sensory, sensation, sensations