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disuse supersensitivity

a condition in which target cells, on losing neural input through either denervation or chronic application of an antagonist drug, produce more than the normal number of receptor molecules, resulting in an exaggerated response when a neurotransmitter is applied. When this condition results from denervation, it is also called denervation sensitivity.

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authoritarian parenting

see parenting.