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- noun Movement of an organism in response to contact with a solid body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, the movement of cells and of organisms in relation to contact with foreign solid bodies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.
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- noun biology The
movement of anorganism either towards or away from thestimulus ofphysical contact .
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Examples
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There is also thigmotaxis, a response to touch, rheotaxis, a response to water currents, and a number of others.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Since Mbnl1 −/− mice showed increased thigmotaxis, but the cause of this anxiety-related behavior is unclear, we further tested these mutants in the elevated plus maze, another anxiety test.
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Mbnl1 −/− mice was performed both excluding and including mice that exhibited more than 10% thigmotaxis at the end of training.
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Increased thigmotaxis exhibited by the Inactivation of Six5 or Dmpk does not affect anxiety or general motor activity in the Open Field task.
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We measured thigmotaxis (amount of time in the outer versus inner zone), and general activity levels (velocity and total distance travelled).
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Six5 −/− (white, n = 7) mutant mice display normal thigmotaxis, velocity and distance travelled compared to their
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Mbnl1 −/− mice exhibited high levels of thigmotaxis, a behavior indicative of anxiety.
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Mbnl1 −/− and Mbnl+/+ mice exhibiting > 10% thigmotaxis on the last day of training were excluded from these analyses.
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Open Field activity, the first behavioral test performed, was assessed to examine generalized activity and thigmotaxis
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The Water Maze has non-spatial components such as swim velocity, latency or pathlength during acquisition and thigmotaxis as well as spatial components, such as spatially-selective search strategies during probe trials in which the hidden platform is removed
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sionnach commented on the word thigmotaxis
1. Movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus or touch.
2. A directed response of a motile organism to a continuous contact with a solid surface.
3. Taxis, or movement, in response to touch stimulus.
December 3, 2007