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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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Diencephalon
Biology; Neuroscience
Portion of the brain that lies just rostral to the midbrain; comprises the thalamus and hypothalamus.
Nodes of Ranvier
Biology; Neuroscience
Periodic gaps in the myelination of axons where action potentials are generated.
Axon hillock
Biology; Neuroscience
Point at the cell body that is the site of an action potential's initiation.
Cones
Biology; Neuroscience
Photoreceptors specialised for high visual acuity and the perception of color.
Wernicke’s area
Biology; Neuroscience
Region of cortex in the superior and posterior region of the left temporal lobe that helps mediate language comprehension. Named after the nineteenth-century neurologist, Carl Wernicke.
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 ...
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