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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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near reflex triad
Biology; Neuroscience
Reflexive response induced by changing binocular fixation to a closer target; comprises convergence, accommodation, and pupillary constriction.
near reflex
Biology; Neuroscience
Reflexive response induced by changing binocular fixation to a closer target; includes convergence, accommodation, and pupillary constriction.
reticular activating system
Biology; Neuroscience
Region in the brainstem tegmentum that, when stimulated, causes arousal; involved in modulating sleep and wakefulness.
floorplate
Biology; Neuroscience
Region in the ventral portion of the developing spinal cord; important in the guidance and crossing of growing axons.
receptive field
Biology; Neuroscience
Region of a receptor surface (e.g., the body surface or the retina) that causes a sensory nerve cell (or axon) to respond.
periaqueductal gray matter
Biology; Neuroscience
Region of brainstem gray matter that contains, among others, nuclei associated with the modulation of pain perception.
Wernicke’s area
Biology; Neuroscience
Region of cortex in the superior and posterior region of the left temporal lobe that helps mediate language comprehension. Named after the nineteenth-century neurologist, Carl Wernicke.
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