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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Na+/K+ transporter

Biology; Neuroscience

A type of ATPase transporter in the plasma membrane of most cells that is responsible for accumulating intracellular K+ and extruding intracellular Na+.

oxytocin

Biology; Neuroscience

A9-amino-acid neuropeptide that is both a putative neurotransmitter and a neurohormone.

endocytosis

Biology; Neuroscience

Abudding off of vesicles from the plasma membrane, which allows uptake of materials in the extracellular medium.

blastomere

Biology; Neuroscience

Acell produced when the egg undergoes cleavage.

transforming growth factor (TGF)

Biology; Neuroscience

Aclass of peptide growth factors that acts as an inducer during early development.

androgen insensitivity syndrome

Biology; Neuroscience

Acondition in which, due to a defect in the gene that codes for the androgen receptor, testosterone cannot act on its target tissues.

co-transporters

Biology; Neuroscience

Active transporters that use the energy from ionic gradients to carry multiple ions across the membrane in the same direction. See also ion exchangers.