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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stretch reflex

Biology; Neuroscience

The monosynaptic reflex arc that occurs involuntarily when a muscle is stretched.

clathrin

Biology; Neuroscience

The most important protein for endocytotic budding of vesicles from the plasma membrane; its three-pronged "triskelia" attach to the vesicular membrane to be retrieved.

midbrain

Biology; Neuroscience

The most rostral portion of the brainstem; identified by the superior and inferior colliculi on its dorsal surface, and the cerebral penduncles on its ventral aspect.