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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dysmetria

Biology; Neuroscience

Inaccurate movements due to faulty judgment of distance. Characteristic of cerebellar pathology.

hyperalgesia

Biology; Neuroscience

Increased perception of pain.

sensitization

Biology; Neuroscience

Increased sensitivity to stimuli in an area surrounding an injury. Also, a generalized aversive response to an otherwise benign stimulus when it is paired with a noxious stimulus.

split-brain patients

Biology; Neuroscience

Individuals who have had the cerebral commissures divided in the midline to control epileptic seizures.

sulcus

Biology; Neuroscience

Infoldings of the cerebral hemisphere that form the valleys between the gyral ridges; see also gyrus.

basket cells

Biology; Neuroscience

Inhibitory interneurons in the cerebellar cortex whose cells bodies are located within the Purkinje cell layer and whose axons make basketlike terminal arbors around Purkinje cell bodies.