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Adaptation is the phenomenon whereby sustained or repeated exposure to a sensory stimulus results in a reduction in the sensory response. For a cell in a sensory system that responds to more than one stimulus, cross-adaptation refers to the effect of adaptation to one stimulus on the sensory responses to the other stimuli to which the cell responds.
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(2009). Cross-adaptation in Sensory Systems. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_1325
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