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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corpus striatum

Biology; Neuroscience

General term applied to the caudate and putamen; name derives from the striated appearance of these basal ganglia nuclei in sections of fresh material.

local circuit neuron

Biology; Neuroscience

General term referring to a neuron whose activity mediates interactions between sensory systems and motor systems. Interneuron is often used as a synonym.

local circuit neurons

Biology; Neuroscience

General term referring to neurons whose activity mediates interactions between sensory systems and motor systems; interneuron is often used as a synonym.

General term that describes regions of the central nervous system rich in neuronal cell bodies and neuropil; includes the cerebral and cerebellar cortices, the nuclei of the brain, and the central ...

delayed response genes

Biology; Neuroscience

Genes that are synthesized de novo after a cell is stimulated; usually refers to transcriptional activator proteins that are synthesized after preexisting transcription factors are first activated by ...

homeotic genes

Biology; Neuroscience

Genes that determine the developmental fate of an entire segment of an animal. Mutations in these genes drastically alter the characteristics of the body segment (as when wings grow from a fly body ...