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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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Neuroscience

estradiol

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the biologically important C18 class of steroid hormones capable of inducing estrous in females.

frontal lobe

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the four lobes of the brain; includes all the cortex that lies anterior to the central sulcus and superior to the lateral fissure.

pons

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the three components of the brainstem, lying between the midbrain rostrally and the medulla caudally.

arachnoid mater

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the three coverings of the brain that make up the meninges; lies between the dura mater and the pia mater.

microglial cells

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the three main types of central nervous system glia; concerned primarily with repairing damage following neural injury.

astrocytes

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the three major classes of glial cells found in the central nervous system; important in regulating the ionic milieu of nerve cells and, in some cases, transmitter reuptake.

caudate (caudate nucleus)

Biology; Neuroscience

One of the three major components of the basal ganglia (the other two are the globus pallidus and putamen).

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