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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voltage clamp

Biology; Neuroscience

A method that uses electronic feedback to control the membrane potential of a cell, simultaneously measuring transmembrane currents that result from the opening and closing of ion channels.

red nucleus

Biology; Neuroscience

A midbrain structure involved in motor coordination, especially in non-human mammals. See also rubrospinal tract.

receptor

Biology; Neuroscience

A molecule specialized to bind any one of a large number of chemical signals, preeminently neurotransmitters.

collapsin

Biology; Neuroscience

A molecule that causes collapse of growth cones; a member of the semaphorin family of signaling molecules.

morphogen

Biology; Neuroscience

A molecule that influences morphogenesis.

motor unit

Biology; Neuroscience

A motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates; more loosely, the collection of skeletal muscle fibers innervated by a single motor neuron.