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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explant

Biology; Neuroscience

A piece of tissue maintained in culture medium.

morphine

Biology; Neuroscience

A plant alkaloid that gives opium its analgesic properties.

horseradish peroxidase (HRP)

Biology; Neuroscience

A plant enzyme widely used to stain nerve cells (after injection into a neuron, it generates a visible precipitate by one of several histochemical reactions).

horseradish peroxidase

Biology; Neuroscience

A plant enzyme widely used to stain nerve cells (after injection into a neuron, it generates a visible precipitate by one of several histochemical reactions).

neural stem cell

Biology; Neuroscience

A precursor cell type that can give rise to the full complement of cell classes found in neural tissue‚ i.e., neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendroglia, as well as more neural stem cells.

α-fetoprotein

Biology; Neuroscience

A protein that actively sequesters circulating estrogens, preventing maternal estrogen from affecting the sexual differentiation of the fetus.

tetraethylammonium

Biology; Neuroscience

A quaternary ammonium compound that selectively blocks voltage-sensitive K+ channels; eliminates the delayed K+ current measured in voltage clamp experiments.