Neuroscience

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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sexually dimorphic

Biology; Neuroscience

Having two different forms depending on genotypic or phenotypic sex.

muscle spindle

Biology; Neuroscience

Highly specialized sensory organ found in most skeletal muscles; provides mechanosensory information about muscle length.

suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

Biology; Neuroscience

Hypothalamic nucleus lying just above the optic chiasm that receives direct input from the retina; involved in light entrainment of circadian rhythms.

suprachiasmatic nucleus

Biology; Neuroscience

Hypothalamic nucleus lying just above the optic chiasm that receives direct input from the retina; involved in light entrainment of circadian rhythms.

In non-human mammals, the pathway from the red nucleus of the midbrain to the spinal cord, essential for normal gait and motion. In humans, however, the corticospinal tract serves this function and ...