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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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substantia nigra
Biology; Neuroscience
Nucleus at the base of the midbrain that receives input from a number of cortical and subcortical structures. The dopaminergic cells of the substantia nigra send their output to the caudate/putamen, ...
olfactory bulb
Biology; Neuroscience
Olfactory relay station that receives axons from cranial nerve I and transmits this information via the olfactory tract to higher centers.
brain-derived neutrophic factor (BDNF)
Biology; Neuroscience
One member of a family of neutrophic factors, the best-known constituent of which is nerve growth factor.
endorphins
Biology; Neuroscience
One of a group of neuropeptides that are agonists at opioid receptors, virtually all of which contain the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe.
segment
Biology; Neuroscience
One of a series of more or less similar anterior-posterior units that make up segmental animals.
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