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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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bisexuality
Biology; Neuroscience
Sexual attraction to members of both the opposite and the same phenotypic sex.
genotypic sex
Biology; Neuroscience
Sexual characterization according to the complement of sex chromosomes; XX is a genotypic female, and XY is a genotypic male.
spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus
Biology; Neuroscience
Sexually dimorphic collection of neurons in the lumbar region of the rodent spinal cord that innervate striated perineal muscles.
Onuf’s nucleus
Biology; Neuroscience
Sexually dimorphic nucleus in the human spinal cord that innervates striated perineal muscles mediating contraction of the bladder in males, and vaginal constriction in females.
cephalic flexure
Biology; Neuroscience
Sharp bend in the neural tube which during early neurulation balloons out to form the prosencephalon, which in turn will give rise to the forebrain and later to the cerebral hemispheres.
lower motor neuron syndrome
Biology; Neuroscience
Signs and symptoms arising from damage to a motor neurons; these include paralysis or paresis, muscle atrophy, areflexia, and fibrillations.
upper motor neuron syndrome
Biology; Neuroscience
Signs and symptoms that result from damage to descending motor systems; these include paralysis, spasticity, and a positive Babinski sign.
