taxis in response to touch stimulus

Known as: stereotaxis, thigmotaxis 
The directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to touch. [GOC:dph]
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2015
Highly Cited
2015
EFFICAS II: optimization of catheter contact force improves outcome of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
AIMS A challenge of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) is electrical… (More)
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2013
2013
A clinically relevant rodent model of the HIV antiretroviral drug stavudine induced painful peripheral neuropathy
HIV-associated sensory neuropathy is the most frequent manifestation of HIV disease, afflicting 40-50% of patients whose HIV… (More)
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Translating rodent behavioral repertoire to zebrafish (<ce:italic>Danio rerio</ce:italic>): Relevance for stress research
The current study provides a detailed description of the pattern of exploratory behaviors encountered in adult zebrafish when… (More)
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2009
2009
Endocannabinoids render exploratory behaviour largely independent of the test aversiveness: role of glutamatergic transmission.
To investigate the impact of averseness, controllability and familiarity of a test situation on the involvement of the… (More)
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2007
2007
Cognitive and affective aspects of thigmotaxis strategy in humans.
The present article describes the cognitive and emotional aspects of human thigmotaxis (a wall-following spatial strategy) during… (More)
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2005
2005
Centrophobism/thigmotaxis, a new role for the mushroom bodies in Drosophila.
Insects, like vertebrates, exhibit spatially complex locomotor activity patterns when foraging or navigating. Open field studies… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment
Models of larval dispersal rarely incorporate the behavior of larvae, yet many potential settlers of marine invertebrates and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Effects of medial and lateral caudate-putamen lesions on place- and cue-guided behaviors in the water maze: relation to thigmotaxis
Rats with dorsomedial or dorsolateral caudate-putamen lesions and sham-operated controls were trained on the standard hidden… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Thigmotaxis as an index of anxiety in mice. Influence of dopaminergic transmissions
When mice are introduced into an open-field, they are inclined to explore mainly the peripheral zone of this open-field. This… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Thigmotaxis as a test for anxiolytic activity in rats
It has been suggested that "phylogenetically prepared fear reactions" may be useful behavioral assays of the effects of… (More)
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