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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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ampullae
Biology; Neuroscience
The juglike swellings at the base of the semicircular canals that contain the hair cells and cupulae (see also cupulae).
optic chiasm
Biology; Neuroscience
The junction of the two optic nerves on the ventral aspect of the diencephalon, where axons from the nasal parts of each retina cross the midline.
corpus callosum
Biology; Neuroscience
The large midline fiber bundle that connects the cortices of the two cerebral hemispheres.
Purkinje cell
Biology; Neuroscience
The large principal projection neuron of the cerebellar cortex that has as its defining characteristic an elaborate apical dendrite.
cerebrum
Biology; Neuroscience
The largest and most rostral part of the brain in humans and other mammals, consisting of the two cerebral hemispheres.
lateral columns
Biology; Neuroscience
The lateral regions of spinal cord white matter that convey motor information from the brain to the spinal cord.
molecular layer
Biology; Neuroscience
The layer of the cerebellar cortex containing the apical dendrites of Purkinje cells, parallel fibers from granule cells, a few local circuit neurons, and the synapses between these elements.
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