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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electrical synapses

Biology; Neuroscience

Synapses that transmit information via the direct flow of electrical current at gap junctions.

chemical synapses

Biology; Neuroscience

Synapses that transmit information via the secretion of chemical signals (neurotransmitters).

visceral nervous system

Biology; Neuroscience

Synonymous with autonomic nervous system.

System of interconnected brain structures (mainly cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, and hypothalamus) in the medial aspect of the telencephalon and diencephalon described by James Papez. Participates in ...

interneuron

Biology; Neuroscience

Technically, a neuron in the pathway between primary sensory and primary effector neurons; more generally, a neuron that branches locally to innervate other neurons. interstitial nuclei of the ...

homologous

Biology; Neuroscience

Technically, referring to structures in different species that share the same evolutionary history; more generally, referring to structures or organs that have the same general anatomy and perform ...