Theory of Protozoan Habituation |
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Authors: | PHILIP B APPLEWHITE FRANK T GARDNER |
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Institution: | 1.Biology Department,Yale University,New Haven |
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Abstract: | THE protozoan Spirostomum habituates to a series of mechanical shocks so that it no longer contracts to the stimulus; after several minutes the organisms have returned to their pre-stimulus level of sensitivity1. We propose a preliminary theory to explain this behaviour. |
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