Motor Activity & Movement Disorders
Subtitle: Research Issues and Applications (Contemporary Neuroscience)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: November 6, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780896033276
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosciences; Orthopaedics & fractures; Physiological & neuro-psychology; Neuromuscular Disorders; Medical / Nursing; Rheumatology; Laboratory Animals; Science; Neurology - General; Science/Mathematics; Movement disorders; Motor Activity; Neuroscience; Medical / Neuroscience; Animal locomotion; General; Animal models; Motor ability
First sentence: Habituation, a response decrement with repeated or continuous presentation of indifferent stimuli, independent of muscular fatigue or receptor adaptation, is a relatively simple form of long-lasting behavioral plasticity that is present at all levels in the animal kingdom (see, e.g., Harris, 1943; Thompson and Spencer, 1966).