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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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primary sensory cortex

Biology; Neuroscience

Any one of several cortical areas receiving the thalamic input for a particular sensory modality.

horizontal (axial) plane

Biology; Neuroscience

Any sectional plane that runs parallel to the floor, dividing the brain or body into superior (above) and inferior (below) sections. See also coronal, sagittal.

coronal (frontal) plane

Biology; Neuroscience

Any sectional plane through the brain that runs parallel to the face, dividing into anterior (front) and posterior (rear) segments. See also horizontal, sagittal.

cerebellar ataxia

Biology; Neuroscience

Apathological inability to make coordinated movements associated with lesions to the cerebellum.

hypokinesia

Biology; Neuroscience

Apaucity of movement.

fibroblast growth factor (FGF)

Biology; Neuroscience

Apeptide growth factor, originally defined by its mitogenic effects on fibroblasts; also acts as an inducer during early brain development.

production aphasia

Biology; Neuroscience

Aphasia that derives from cortical damage to those centers concerned with the motor aspects of speech.

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