trophotropy

English

Etymology

tropho- + -tropy

Noun

trophotropy (uncountable)

  1. A state of relaxation, drowsiness and inactivity induced by the parasympathetic nervous system and the action of serotonin.
    • 1971, United States, An Assessment of Noise Concern in Other Nations, Environmental Protection Agency, page 8:
      Jansen's experiments on noise-induced nervous stress establish that the effect of noise is to create a higher activation of the organism, that is, a transition of the general state from trophotropy to ergotropy.
    • 2008, Bernadette von Dawans, Neuropeptidergic Modulation of Social Behavior in Health and Social Phobia:
      This shifts the attention towards the states of ergotropy and trophotropy.

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