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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
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dopamine and noradrenaline receptor stimulation: Reversal of reserpine-induced suppression of motor activity
The motor activity of reserpine treated mice was recorded after drug treatments causing stimulation of dopamine or noradrenaline… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Immediate and long-lasting effects of MK-801 on motor activity, spatial navigation in a swimming pool and EEG in the rat
In a series of experiments, rats received the noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist MK-801 and measures were made… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Colonic motor activity in slow‐transit idiopathic constipation as identified by 24‐h pancolonic ambulatory manometry
Colorectal motor activity in slow‐transit idiopathic constipation has not been fully evaluated under physiological conditions… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Fear-potentiated startle responses in temperamentally different human infants.
Previous research has indicated that 4-month-old human infants who exhibit high degrees of motor activity and negative affect in… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Fragile X syndrome, DSM-III-R, and autism.
Although reports of autistic behavior in fragile X males have been published for 8 years, there is little information about… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cross-sensitization between foot shock stress and enkephalin-induced motor activity
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… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cortical administration of somatostatin (SRIF): Effect on sleep and motor behavior
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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