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Adaptation refers to a decrease in the firing rate of action potentials in the face of continuing excitation.
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(2007). Adaptation. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_86
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