Previous cell stimulation {adapting stimulus} reduces cell response {adaptation, sensation} {sensory adaptation} {sense adaptation}. Receptors have fewer biochemical reactions {receptor adaptation}, because cell has fewer energy storage molecules and cells make energy molecules slower than they use them. Receptors have lower cell-membrane potential gradients, because ions have flowed through membrane channels and active transport is slower than ion flow through open ion channels. After adapting stimulus ceases, cells increase sensitivity and responses.
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