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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premotor cortex

Biology; Neuroscience

Motor association areas in the frontal lobe anterior to primary motor cortex; thought to be involved in planning or programming of voluntary movements.

optokinetic eye movements

Biology; Neuroscience

Movements of the eyes that compensate for head movements; the stimulus for optokinetic movements is large-scale motion of the visual field.

disjunctive eye movements

Biology; Neuroscience

Movements of the two eyes in opposite directions (see also vergence movements).

associational systems

Biology; Neuroscience

Neural cell circuits that are not part of the relatively defined sensory (input) and motor (output) systems; they mediate the most complex and least well defined brain functions.

primary visual pathway

Biology; Neuroscience

Pathway from the retina via the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus to the primary visual cortex; carries the information that allows conscious visual perception. Also known as the ...