In: Biology
what does Dose- Response mean?
Dose response is a compound word which defines the response of an organism towards the stimulus. But here dosage of stimulus is important. Dosage may refer to either the time of exposure to the stimulus or the amount of stimulus, like in case of certain Chemicals, given to the organism.
Initially the response of an organism towards the stimulus will increase in a linear way but after a certain. It will become constant. It is because now the organism has adapted itself to live or tolerate the amount or exposure time of the stimulus. The graph will shift again from the constant to a linear value if the dosage is changed.