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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neuroleptics

Biology; Neuroscience

Agroup of antipsychotic agents that cause indifference to stimuli by blocking brain dopamine receptors.

syncytium

Biology; Neuroscience

Agroup of cells in protoplasmic continuity.

Agroup of nuclei lying deep in the subcortical white matter of the frontal lobes that organize motor behavior. The caudate and putamen and the globus pallidus are the major components of the basal ...

neural crest

Biology; Neuroscience

Agroup of progenitor cells that forms along the dorsum of the neural tube and gives rise to peripheral neurons and glia (among other derivatives).

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Biology; Neuroscience

All nerves and neurons that lie outside the brain and spinal cord.

primary motor cortex

Biology; Neuroscience

Amajor source of descending projections to motor neurons in the the spinal cord and cranial nerve nuclei; located in the precentral gyrus (Brodmann’s area 4) and essential for the voluntary control ...