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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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late outward current
Biology; Neuroscience
The delayed electrical current, measured in voltage clamp experiments, that results from the voltage-dependent efflux of a cation such as K+. Produces the repolarizing phase of the action potential.
neuropil
Biology; Neuroscience
The dense tangle of axonal and dendritic branches, and the synapses between them, that lies between neuronal cell bodies in the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord.
fetus
Biology; Neuroscience
The developing mammalian embryo at relatively late stages when the parts of the body are recognizable.
ontogeny
Biology; Neuroscience
The developmental history of an individual animal; also used as a synonym for development.
input elimination
Biology; Neuroscience
The developmental process by which the number of axons innervating some classes of target cells is diminished.
