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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nerve growth factor (NGF)

Biology; Neuroscience

A neurotrophic protein required for survival and differentiation of sympathetic ganglion cells and certain sensory neurons. Preeminent member of the neurotrophin family of growth factors.

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Biology; Neuroscience

A normally clear and cell-free fluid that fills the ventricular system of the central nervous system; produced by the choroid plexus in the third ventricle.

cerebrospinal fluid

Biology; Neuroscience

A normally clear and cell-free fluid that fills the ventricular system of the central nervous system; produced by the choroid plexus in the third ventricle.

amygdala

Biology; Neuroscience

A nuclear complex in the temporal lobe that forms part of the limbic system; its major functions concern autonomic, emotional, and sexual behavior.

lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)

Biology; Neuroscience

A nucleus in the thalamus that receives the axonal projections of retinal ganglion cells in the primary visual pathway.

subthalamic nucleus

Biology; Neuroscience

A nucleus in the ventral diencephalon that receives input from the caudate/putamen and participates in the modulation of motor behavior.

A true ciliary structure which, along with the stereocilia, comprises the hair bundle of vestibular and fetal cochlear hair cells in mammals (it is not present in the adult mammalian cochlear hair ...