Unlike in type 1 diabetes, in which insulin production is limited because beta cells are destroyed, «arsenic induces glucose intolerance through a disruption of beta - cell function that alters normal stimulus — secretion coupling,» the researchers wrote. (physiologyinfo.org)
One effect of a supernormal stimulus is that interest wanes in normal stimuli. (thoughtcatalog.com)
Previously healthy animals become highly sensitive to normal stimuli, they grow apprehensive and their movements uncoordinated. (newscientist.com)