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Physical activity

Known as: Activity, Motor, Motor Activities, Activities, Motor 
Any form of exercise or movement. Physical activity may include planned activity such as walking, running, basketball, or other sports. Physical… 
National Institutes of Health

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ActivitiesBehaviorIndividual Physical Condition
DysmotilityHyperactive behaviorLeisure ActivitiesMeeting recommended guidelines for physical activity:Finding:Point in time:^Patient:Ordinal

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Exercise

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effects of exogenous serotonin on a motor behavior and shelter competition in juvenile lobsters (Homarus americanus)
Abstract Three experiments were conducted to determine (1) the pharmacodynamics of 5-hydroxytryptamine in juvenile lobsters; (2… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Coupling of efferent neuromodulatory neurons to rhythmical leg motor activity in the locust.
The spike activity of neuromodulatory dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons was analyzed during a pilocarpine-induced motor… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Serotonergic Control of Cerebral Activity and Behavior: Models of Dementia
Recent evidence indicates that the ascending cholinergic projections from the basal forebrain and the ascending serotonergic… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Effects of substance P and neurokinin A (substance K) on motor behavior: unique effect of substance P attributable to its amino-terminal sequence
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Peptidergic modulation of patterned motor activity in identified neurons of Helisoma.
The neuroactive peptides SCP(B) (small cardioactive peptide B) and FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH(2)), both originally isolated… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Rhythmic motor activities (stereotypies) in children under five: etiology and prevalence.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Effects of methionine-enkephalin and morphine on spontaneous locomotor activity: Antagonism by naloxone
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Motor behavior of small for gestational age newborn infants.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The constancy of the energy expended by rats on spontaneous activity, and the distribution of activity between feeding and non‐feeding
1. Methods were developed and described for partitioning the total daily energy expenditure of rats into compartments… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Heart rate during conditioning in dogs: relationship to somatic-motor activity.
During classical conditioning in dogs, heart rate and two measures of somatic-motor activity, i.e., gross movements and… 
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