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- ItemA Behavioral Analysis of Habituation within Simple Invertebrate Nervous Systems(Houghton University, 2010-05-03) Gorman, Amara A.Lockery, Rawlins, and Gray's (1985) study indicated that (a) habituation and dishabituation were elicited in the shortening reflex of the medicinal leech by photic and electrical stimulation, and that (b) the neural mechanisms that underlie behavioral responses, parallels behaviors of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia calif arnica. However, Kristan et al. (1982) and Debski and Friesen's (1985) studies suggest that a swimming response can be elicited by electrical stimulation to the specific region of the leech. Similar to studies of Aplysia cal~rarnica, the leech demonstrates nonassociative learning, including habituation and sensitization, through a variety of behavioral responses. Thus, the present study replicated Kristan, McGirr, and Simpson's (1982) and Debski and Friesen's (1985) research, to demonstrate (a) habituation and (b) a swimming response as a result of electrical stimulation to the posterior area of the leech. As expected, a swimming response was elicited when stimulus were presented to the posterior region. However, habituation did not occur.
- ItemA Dialogue of Murdoch's Moral Philosophy and Creative Writing: Transcending Barriers of the Self to See the Other(Houghton College, 2016-05-29) Murphy, Allyson
- ItemA floristic survey of Houghton College campus(Houghton College, 2013-05-29) Snow, Sarah
- ItemA Survey of the Parasites of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Western New York: Revealing High Coyote Parasite Loads & Parasites Novel to Coyotes in the Northeast US(Houghton College, 2012-04-29) McLendon, Kathryn E.
- ItemAbraham Lincoln: Political Thought and Political Tactics(Houghton College, 2012-04-29) Fitzsimmons, Garrett
- ItemAttitudes and perceptions : the relationship between self-objectification, self-esteem, and self-perceptions of facial attractiveness(Houghton College, 2015-05-29) McGarity, Rebecca
- ItemChinese Foreign Aid in Africa: An Exploratory Study(Houghton College, 2015-04-29) Sun, Moeun
- ItemCoadjoint Orbits for the Unipotent Group of Upper Triangular Matrices(Houghton College, 2020-04-29) Lyon, Caleb
- ItemCodon Bias of Influenza A Viruses and Their Hosts(Houghton College, 2011-05-29) Fancher, Keli C.
- ItemComing Out of the Attic: Representations of Women Across British and American Fiction(Houghton College, 2019-04-29) Schilke, Anna
- ItemCommunity detection in dynamic social networks(Houghton College, 2014-05-29) Aston, Nathan
- ItemDesign and canonical role of Qoheleth(Houghton College, 1984-05-29) Crowley, Timothy W
- ItemDeterminants of Health Care Systems:Building a Better Model Using Case Studies of the United States, Norway, and Tanzania(Houghton University, 2010-05-09) Cleland, Caitlin
- ItemDiversity in Vaccinium Oxycoccos L. and Sarracenia Purpurea L. in bogs of the northeastern United States(Houghton College, 2015-04-29) McClatchey, Rachel Lynn
- ItemDo Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus ochrophaeus) Learn to Associate Non-Predatory Smooth Greensnakes (Opheodrys vernalis) with Threat?(Houghton College, 2018-05-29) Gildemeister, Emilia Ann Rose
- ItemEffects of Digital Gaming on Higher Order Thinking: Exploring Correlations Between Digital Gaming and Reading Comprehension(Houghton University, 2010-04-21) Fitzgerald, Emma
- ItemElectroencephalographic measures of negative priming effects on event-related potentials and reaction times(Houghton College, 2014-05-29) McCuistion, Meghan
- ItemExploring Numerical Range Over Finite Fields(Houghton College, 2020-05-29) Huddell, Amy
- ItemExposure to predator kairomones after simulated predation affects caudal regeneration in Alleghany Mountain dusky salamanders (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)(Houghton College, 2017-05-29) Payette, Wesley Ivar
- ItemFaith, Frost, and feelings : the relationships among religion, emotion, and moral decision-making(Houghton College, 2013-05-29) Schwingel, Rachel E.