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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subarachnoid space

Biology; Neuroscience

The cerebrospinal fluid—filled space over the surface of the brain that lies between the arachnoid and the pia.

synaptic transmission

Biology; Neuroscience

The chemical and electrical process by which the information encoded by action potentials is passed from a presynaptic (initiating) cell to a postsynaptic (target) cell.

lateral (Sylvian) fissure

Biology; Neuroscience

The cleft on the lateral surface of the brain that separates the temporal and frontal lobes.

cochlea

Biology; Neuroscience

The coiled structure within the inner ear where vibrations caused by sound are transduced into neural impulses.

motor neuron pool

Biology; Neuroscience

The collection of motor neurons that innervates a single muscle.

ventral roots

Biology; Neuroscience

The collection of nerve fibers containing motor axons that exit ventrally from the spinal cord and contribute the motor component of each segmental spinal nerve.