equilibrium-point model

a model of limb control in which the target of a movement is specified as an equilibrium point between the agonist and antagonist muscle groups acting on the limb. Variants of this model are called the mass-spring model and the lambda (λ) model. See also impulse-timing model.

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July 27th 2024

trinucleotide repeat

a contiguous repetition of the same three nucleotides within a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). The occurrence of extra trinucleotide repeats in certain genes causes dysfunction, inluding Huntington’s disease and fragile X syndrome.