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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spinocerebellum

Biology; Neuroscience

Region of the cerebellar cortex that receives input from the spinal cord, particularly Clarke’s column in the thoracic spinal cord.

nucleus proprius

Biology; Neuroscience

Region of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord that receives information from nociceptors.

anterior hypothalamus

Biology; Neuroscience

Region of the hypothalamus containing nuclei that mediate sexual behaviors; not to be confused with region in rodent called the medial preoptic area, which lies anterior to hypothalamus and also ...

planum temporale

Biology; Neuroscience

Region on the superior surface of the temporal lobe posterior to Heschl’s gyrus; notable because it is larger in the left hemisphere in about two-thirds of humans.