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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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Biology; Neuroscience

Site where the middle ear ossicles transfer vibrational energy to the cochlea.

filopodium

Biology; Neuroscience

Slender protoplasmic projection, arising from the growth cone of an axon or a dendrite, that explores the local environment.

delta waves

Biology; Neuroscience

Slow (<4 Hz) electroencephalographic waves that characterize stage IV (slow-wave) sleep.

smooth pursuit movements

Biology; Neuroscience

Slow, tracking movements of the eyes designed to keep a moving object aligned with the fovea.

smooth pursuit eye movements

Biology; Neuroscience

Slow, tracking movements of the eyes designed to keep a moving object aligned with the fovea.

athetosis

Biology; Neuroscience

Slow, writhing movements seen primarily in patients with disorders of the basal ganglia.

mammillary bodies

Biology; Neuroscience

Small prominences on the ventral surface of the diencephalon; functionally, part of the caudal hypothalamus.

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