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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mirror neuron

Biology; Neuroscience

A neuron that fires when performing an action and when observing that same action. Some believe mirror neurons are involved in empathy, language, understanding goals, and more.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)

A somewhat rare, intensely pleasurable response to seemingly random stimuli. Feelings of ASMR have been almost entirely undocumented until roughly 2010, when online communities started to discuss it. ...

synaptic gap

Biology; Neuroscience

Space between the cell membrane of an axon terminal and the target cell through which the neurotransmitters send a nerve impulse.

neuroplasticity

Biology; Neuroscience

Neurons and neural networks' capacity to modify their connections and behavior in the brain, in response to new information, sensory stimulation, development, damage, or dysfunction, which occurs ...

microtubule

Biology; Neuroscience

Any of the minute tubules in eukaryotic cytoplasm that form an important component of the cytoskeleton, and provide structural support and assist in cellular locomotion and transport.