Adaptation, Physiological - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

CNS learns stable, accurate, and efficient movements using a simple algorithm.

27 Oct 2008 We propose a new model of motor learning to explain the exceptional dexterity and rapid adaptation to change, which characterize human motor control. It is based on the brain simultaneously optimizing stability, accuracy and efficiency. Formulated ... Read more...

Motion adaptation enhances object-induced neural activity in three-dimensional virtual environment.

27 Oct 2008 Many response characteristics of neurons sensitive to visual motion depend on stimulus history and change during prolonged stimulation. Although the changes are usually regarded as adaptive, their functional significance is still not fully ... Read more...

Assortative mating and the role of phenotypic plasticity in male competition: implications for gene flow among host-associated parasitoid populations.

21 Oct 2008 Local adaptation is promoted when habitat or mating preferences reduce gene flow between populations. However, gene flow is not only a function of dispersal but also of the success of migrants in their new habitat. In this study I investigated ... Read more...

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• CNS learns stable, accurate, and efficient movements using a simple algorithm. 27 Oct 2008
• Motion adaptation enhances object-induced neural activity in three-dimensional virtual environment. 27 Oct 2008
• Assortative mating and the role of phenotypic plasticity in male competition: implications for gene flow among host-associated parasitoid populations. 21 Oct 2008
• Adaptive numerical competency in a food-hoarding songbird. 20 Oct 2008
• Stimulus similarity-contingent neural adaptation can be time and cortical area dependent. 13 Oct 2008
• Shared internal models for feedforward and feedback control. 13 Oct 2008
• Exercise-induced synaptogenesis in the hippocampus is dependent on UCP2-regulated mitochondrial adaptation. 13 Oct 2008
• An amino acid polymorphism in the couch potato gene forms the basis for climatic adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster. 11 Oct 2008
• Distinctive features of adult ocular dominance plasticity. 6 Oct 2008
• Spatial variation in selection on corolla shape in a generalist plant is promoted by the preference patterns of its local pollinators. 5 Oct 2008
• [Acute oxygen deprivation and hypoxia tolerance] 5 Oct 2008
• Variation in limb proportions between Jomon foragers and Yayoi agriculturalists from prehistoric Japan. 29 Sep 2008
• The acute temperature tolerance of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) and the effect of environmental salinity. 29 Sep 2008
• The evolution of brachiation in ateline primates, ancestral character states and history. 29 Sep 2008
• Stress adaptations in a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium (PGPR) with increasing salinity in the coastal agricultural soils. 29 Sep 2008
• Small molecules can have big effects on endurance. 29 Sep 2008
• Four-dimensional spatial reasoning in humans. 29 Sep 2008
• Bidirectional regulation of the cAMP response element binding protein encodes spatial map alignment in prism-adapting barn owls. 29 Sep 2008
• The chronicles of Porphyromonas gingivalis: the microbium, the human oral epithelium and their interplay. 29 Sep 2008
• Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Adaptation, Physiological'

Definition: The non-genetic biological changes of an organism in response to challenges in its ENVIRONMENT.

Descriptor UI: D000222

Alternative terms: Adaptation, Physiological; Physiological Adaptation; Adaptations, Physiologic; Adaptation, Physiologic; Physiologic Adaptation; Physiologic Adaptations; Adaptations, Physiological; Physiological Adaptations;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: G07.700.062; G16.100.057.500;

Technical Notes: PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION is also available; DF: ADAPTATION PHYSIOL