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hyperresponsive

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hyperresponsive /hy·per·re·spon·sive/ (-re-spon´siv) hyperreactive.
hyperreactive [hi″per-re-ak´tiv]
showing a greater than normal response to stimuli.


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There are cortical and subcortical pathways that connect the sensory thalamus to the amygdala (LeDoux & Phelps, 2000), and there is evidence that the amygdala may be hyperresponsive in autism (Dalton et al.
Using the Sensory Experiences Questionnaire (Baranek, 1999), Baranek and colleagues (2006) demonstrated that 69% of young children with autism showed high levels of sensory processing problems, including hyperresponsive and hyporesponsive patterns across sensory modalities.
On the basis of previously published statistical analysis of evoked discharge rates in intact control and SCI animals [5,25-27], we considered neurons to be hyperresponsive if evoked discharge rates were >150 percent of control levels.
 
 
 
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