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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

tuning curve

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to a common physiological test in which the receptive field properties of neurons are gauged against a varying stimulus such that maximum sensitivity or maximum responsiveness can be ...

polarity

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to a continually graded organization along one of the major axes of an animal.

coronal

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to a plane through the brain that runs parallel to the coronal suture (the mediolateral plane). Synonymous with frontal plane.

innervation

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to all the synaptic contacts of a target.

in vivo

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to any biological process studied in an intact living organism (literally “in life”).

in vitro

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to any biological process studied outside of the organism (literally, “in glass”).

circadian rhythm

Biology; Neuroscience

A natural system in living things that controls the timing of daily activities like eating and sleeping.

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