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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tonotopy

Biology; Neuroscience

the topographic mapping of frequency across the surface of a structure, which originates in the cochlea and is preserved in ascending auditory structures, including the auditory cortex.

cornea

Biology; Neuroscience

The transparent surface of the eyeball in front of the lens; the major refractive element in the optical pathway.

otolith organs

Biology; Neuroscience

The two organs in the labyrynth of the inner ear‚ the utricle and saccule‚ that respond to linear accelerations of the head and static head position relative to the gravitational axis.

colliculi

Biology; Neuroscience

The two paired hillocks that characterize the dorsal surface of the midbrain; the superior colliculi concern vision, the inferior colliculi audition.

The two symmetrical, overlapping visual hemifields. The left hemifield includes the nasal visual field of the right eye and the temporal visual field of the left eye; the right hemifield includes the ...