Escape response, escape reaction, or escape behavior is a mechanism by which animals avoid potential predation. It consists of a rapid sequence of movements...

C-start escape response, which is generated by large neurons called Mauthner cells. Mauthner cells operate as a command center for the escape response and...

facilitates escape from sudden stimuli. It is found across many different species, throughout all stages of life. A variety of responses may occur depending...

Look up escape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Escape or Escaping may refer to: Escape (1928 film), a German silent drama film Escape! (film), a 1930...

exposure and response prevention (ERP or ExRP) therapy, in which exposure is continued and the resolution to refrain from the escape response is maintained...

to the giant interneuron's ability to command the expression of the escape response. This was the first description of a command neuron-mediated behavior...

(1 February 2010). "Repeated exposure and handling effects on the escape response of fence lizards to encounters with invasive fire ants". Animal Behaviour...

Escape reflex, or escape behavior, is any kind of escape response found in an animal when it is presented with an unwanted stimulus. It is a simple reflectory...

conditioning). An escape response occurs when an aversive stimulus is presented and the subject makes a response to remove or escape the stimulus. In the...

with swimmerets on the underside of their abdomens, although their escape response is typically repeated flicks with the tail driving them backwards very...

diffusion, protein phosphorylation etc. In order to initiate fast escape responses, these may have been coupled directly to the motility apparatus—particularly...

fundamentally different from navigation or exploration, since response times must be rapid. Escape reactions are achieved by action potential-like phenomena...

the behavior of cats trying to escape from home-made puzzle boxes. A cat could escape from the box by a simple response such as pulling a cord or pushing...

thereby propelling itself rapidly forward. Functionally this is a fast escape response, triggered most easily by a strong sound wave or pressure wave impinging...

continuous displacements with some escape reactions (e.g. most calanoid copepods). Some copepods have extremely fast escape responses when a predator is sensed...

Science. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-444-62719-3. Bloom, S. (1975). "The motile escape response of a sessile prey: a sponge-scallop mutualism". Journal of Experimental...

received a mainly positive response from critics and is generally considered the best sequel of the original Apes series. Escape was followed by Conquest...

thereby propelling itself rapidly forward. Functionally this is a fast escape response, triggered most easily by a strong sound wave or pressure wave impinging...

and squid have evolved the giant axon to improve the speed of their escape response. The increased radius of the squid axon decreases the internal resistance...

inhibit parts of the innate immune response. A bacterium, Bordetella pertussis, is able to escape the immune response by inhibiting neutrophils and macrophages...

noise is possibly distracting the fish, and thereby affecting the escape response and routine swimming of the coral fish. A study conducted on species...

inhalation is repeated to provide continuous locomotion. Fast jetting is an escape response. In this form of locomotion, radial muscles in the mantle wall are...

semi-aquatic species, promoting the 'escape' from submergence by means of rapid elongation of stems or leaves. This escape response is particularly important in...

lion closing in for the kill, the stress response is activated as a means to escape its predator. The escape requires intense muscular effort, supported...

the maze, they recalled the escape response they had been taught. Similarly, when Overton taught a rat the escape response under the control condition...

Having panic attacks Having an irrational response to certain stimuli Having avoidance and/or escape response. Some survivors of rape cope by attempting...

tail-flick escape response. Despite repeated pairings of light and shock the animals did not learn to avoid the shock by tail-flicking in response to light...

mixed-to-negative critical response. Security expert Ray Breslin's work consists of being imprisoned in high-security prisons, then attempting to escape to highlight...

Acartia spp., because they tend to be very small in size and have a high escape response to predators such as the herring and sprat. Although Acartia spp. may...

serratissima at least, only takes place after mechanical stimulation or as an escape response evoked by a predator. In 2005, a stalked crinoid was recorded pulling...