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adaptive response |
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adaptive response, an appropriate reaction to an environmental demand. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Such a core definition required a new and adaptive response. Genetic
analysis in the mouse has led to a dual model in which the AhR pathway
mediates both an adaptive response by which xenobiotic compounds are
metabolized and detoxified, and a toxic response whereby receptor
activation results in negative impacts in the exposed animal (Nebert et
al. The physical stress theory (PST) considers multiple factors that
contribute to tissue stress and is based on fundamental principles that
appear to govern the adaptive response of biological tissues to stress. |
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