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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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Gyrus
Biology; Neuroscience
The ridges of the infolded cerebral cortex (the valleys between these ridges are called sulci).
Somatosensory cortex
Biology; Neuroscience
The region of the cerebral cortex concerned with processing sensory information from the body surface, subcutaneous tissues, muscles, and joints. Located primarily in the posterior bank of the ...
Motor cortex
Biology; Neuroscience
The region of the cerebral cortex lying anterior to the central sulcus concerned with motor behavior; includes the primary motor cortex in the precentral gyrus and associated cortical areas in the ...
Dorsal root ganglia (DRG)
Biology; Neuroscience
The segmental sensory ganglia of the spinal cord; contain the first-order neurons of the dorsal column/medial lemniscus and spinothalamic pathways.
Blind spot
Biology; Neuroscience
The region of visual space that falls on the optic disk; due to the lack of photoreceptors in the optic disk, objects that lie completely within the blind spot are not perceived.
Membrane conductance
Biology; Neuroscience
The reciprocal of membrane resistance. Changes in membrane conductance result from, and are used to describe, the opening or closing of ion channels.
Optic disc
Biology; Neuroscience
The region of the retina where the axons of retinal ganglion cells exit to form the optic nerve.
