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MeSH Heading: Kinesis
Tree Number(s): F01.145.113.700
Unique ID: D007698
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007698
Annotation: do not confuse with KINETICS or KINESICS
Scope Note: Locomotor behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in direction. It includes orthokinesis, the rate of movement and klinokinesis, the amount of turning, which are related to the intensity of stimulation.
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ORIENTATION 1975-90
Online Note: search ORIENTATION 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under ORIENTATION 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Kinesis MeSH Descriptor Data 2023