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Neuroscience
Neuroscience is a branch of biology concerned with the study of the nervous system, the brain and the links between brain activities and behaviors.
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netrins
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of diffusible molecules that act as attractive or repulsive cues to guide growing axons.
semaphorins
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of diffusible, growth-inhibiting molecules (see also collapsin).
endocannabinoids
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of endogenous signals that participate in several forms of synaptic transmission, interacting cannabinoid receptors. These receptors are the molecular targets of the psychoactive component ...
cell adhesion molecules (CAMs)
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of molecules on cell surfaces that cause cells to stick to one another. See also fibronectin and laminin.
cell adhesion molecules
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of molecules on cell surfaces that cause them to stick to one another (see also fibronectin and laminin).
integrins
Biology; Neuroscience
A family of receptor molecules found on growth cones that bind to cell adhesion molecules such as laminin and fibronection.
exocytosis
Biology; Neuroscience
A form of cell secretion resulting from the fusion of the membrane of a storage organelle, such as a synaptic vesicle, with the plasma membrane.
