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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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anterior
Biology; Neuroscience
Toward the front; sometimes used as a synonym for rostral, and sometimes as a synonym for ventral.
phasic
Biology; Neuroscience
Transient firing of action potentials in response to a prolonged stimulus; the opposite of tonic.
lens
Biology; Neuroscience
Transparent structure in the eye whose thickening or flattening in response to visceral motor control allows light rays to be focused on the retina.
intention tremor
Biology; Neuroscience
Tremor that occurs while performing a voluntary motor act. Characteristic of cerebellar pathology.
co-transmitters
Biology; Neuroscience
Two or more types of neurotransmitters within a single synapse; may be packaged into separate populations of synaptic vesicles or co-localized within the same synaptic vesicles.
