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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An inductive signaling hormone essential for development of the mammalian nervous system; believed to be particularly important for establishing the identity of neurons in the ventral portion of the ...

placebo

Biology; Neuroscience

An inert substance that when administered may, because of the circumstances, have physiological effects.

permissive

Biology; Neuroscience

An influence during development that permits differentiation to occur but does not specifically instruct cell fate.

tropic

Biology; Neuroscience

An influence of one cell or tissue on the direction of movement (or outgrowth) of another.

transit amplifying cell

Biology; Neuroscience

An intermediate class of neural stem cell. Their cell cycle is much faster than that of the stem cells, and they divide asymmetrically to produce one postmitotic neuroblast or glioblast, plus another ...