#homeostasis

• Abelia triflora — A large shrub species native to the Himalayan mountain region, characterized by flowers often arranged in clusters of three and an intense fragrance. In experimental phytotherapy and phytochemical research, Abelia triflora is recognized for its content of secoiridoid glycosides and complex phenolic derivatives. These natural constituents are clinically studied in experimental neuroprotection models for their potential to reduce neuroinflammation and stabilize cellular metabolic homeostasis in the brain.
• Alkaline therapy — A medical therapeutic method consisting of the internal or external administration of alkaline substances (such as sodium bicarbonate or alkaline mineral waters) for the purpose of neutralizing gastric hyperacidity, altering urinary pH, or correcting metabolic acidosis in the body. This structural treatment helps restore fluid homeostasis in various chronic diseases.
• Anti-physiological — Contradicting, disrupting, or opposing the normal laws and functions of a living organism; contrary to healthy physiological processes. In a medical or therapeutic sense, it describes a behavior, incorrect treatment, harmful stimulus, or substance that forces organs to function under pathological conditions.
• Self-adaptation — The act of self-adapting or its result; a process of automatic, spontaneous, or programmed adaptation of an organism, organ, or complex technical system to environmental variations or internal functional demands, ensuring the maintenance of homeostasis or optimal performance.
• Autoesthesia — The capacity of a living organism or the nervous system to perceive, consciously realize, and sensorially locate its own movements, internal bodily positions, or endogenous (visceral and proprioceptive) stimuli without relying on external senses.
• Autophagy — A fundamental physiological process through which cells isolate, degrade, and recycle their own non-functional components, aged organelles, or degraded macromolecules via lysosomes. This homeostatic mechanism plays a crucial role in cell survival under stress or starvation conditions, in eliminating intracellular pathogens, and in preventing various metabolic or neurodegenerative pathologies.
• Autonomic — Relating to the vegetative nervous system, responsible for the automatic and involuntary regulation of vital bodily functions (such as heartbeat, digestion, respiration, or glandular secretions); a structural functional system operating independently of conscious voluntary control. In a clinical sense, it denotes the totality of sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers, ganglia, and reflexes that maintain internal homeostasis in response to environmental changes.
• Self-regulation — The act of self-regulating and its result; a complex process through which an open system (mechanical, cybernetic, biological, or psychological) maintains its structural and functional stability via internal control mechanisms and feedback loops. In psychology, it denotes an individual's profound capacity to consciously monitor and manage their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to achieve specific goals.