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Habituation mechanisms and their impact on cognitive function
(2015)
Habituation describes the progressive decrease of the amplitude or frequency of a motor response to repeated sensory stimulation that is not caused by sensory receptor adaptation or motor fatigue. Habituation can occur in ...
Harvesting Plant and Microbial Biodiversity for Sustainably Enhanced Food Security
(2018)
The World population will reach 9 billion by 2050, with the majority of this growth occurring in developing countries. On the other hand, one in nine of the World's population suffers from chronic hunger, the vast majority ...
High-Intensity Exercise in Hypoxia - Beneficial Aspects and Potential Drawbacks
(2018)
In the past, ‘traditional’ moderate-intensity continuous training (60-75% peak heart rate) was the type of physical activity most frequently recommended for both athletes and clinical populations (cf. American College of ...
High-Level Adaptation and Aftereffects
(2017)
Aftereffects generally occur after a prolonged exposure (adaptation) to a first stimulus possessing one given property followed by presentation of a stimulus bearing a neutral value of that property. The aftereffect consists ...
Glial Cells: Managers of Neuro-immunity
(2016)
Immune responses within the brain are still scarcely explored. Nerve tissue damage is accompanied by the activation of glial cells, primarily microglia and astroglia, and such activation is responsible for the release of ...