For example, in immunology many cytokines are pluripotent, in that each of these compounds can activate specific behavior in some cell types and inhibit other behavior in other cell types.

The result is that they are impulsive, she said, and so "unable to inhibit bad behavior - even if they know they'll be punished for it - they don't seem to be able to stop themselves."

The test may be useful in identifying antidepressants as many antidepressants with serotonergic mechanisms inhibit muricidal behavior.

Lithium has antidepressant properties, but does not inhibit muricidal behavior, which suggests a potential limitation against using it as an antidepressant screening test.

Chemical restraints are major tranquilizers, sedatives, antipsychotics, psychoactive drugs or antihistamines that are given to inhibit "undesirable" behavior or movement.

According to the authors, pathologic personality traits in pedophiles lend support to a hypothesis that such pathology is related to both motivation for and failure to inhibit pedophilic behavior.

It is widely considered that there are many other barriers, besides a lack of information, which inhibit ethical behavior causing a value-action gap to exist.

A study conducted on fruit flies found that inhibiting the dopamine neurotransmitter inhibited lab-induced homosexual behavior.

Manipulate a system of rewards, punishments and experiences in such a way as to inhibit behavior that reflects the person's former social identity.