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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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sagittal

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to the anterior-posterior plane of an animal.

dorsal

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to the back.

ventral

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to the belly; the opposite of dorsal.

somatic cells

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to the cells of an animal other than its germ cells.

proximal

Biology; Neuroscience

Closer to a point of reference (the opposite of distal).

nucleus

Biology; Neuroscience

Collection of nerve cells in the brain that are anatomically discrete, and which typically serve a particular function.

pontine nuclei

Biology; Neuroscience

Collections of neurons in the pons that receive input from the cerebral cortex and send their axons across the midline to the cerebellar cortex via the middle cerebellar peduncle.

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