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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Pretectum

Biology; Neuroscience

A group of nuclei located at the junction of the thalamus and the midbrain; these nuclei are important in the pupillary light reflex, relaying information from the retina to the Edinger-Westphal ...

Estrogens

Biology; Neuroscience

A group of steroid hormones (including estradiol) that affect sexual differentiation during development and reproductive function and behaviour in mature adults.

Gene

Biology; Neuroscience

A hereditary unit located on the chromosomes; genetic information is carried by linear sequences of nucleotides in DNAthat code for corresponding sequences of amino acids.

Muscarinic receptors

Biology; Neuroscience

A group of G-protein-coupled acetylcholine receptors activated by the plant alkaloid muscarine.

Anopsia

Biology; Neuroscience

A large deficit in the visual field resulting from pathological changes in some component of the primary visual pathway.

Neural crest

Biology; Neuroscience

Agroup of progenitor cells that forms along the dorsum of the neural tube and gives rise to peripheral neurons and glia (among other derivatives).

Agroup of nuclei lying deep in the subcortical white matter of the frontal lobes that organise motor behavior. The caudate and putamen and the globus pallidus are the major components of the basal ...