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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.

Contributors in Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Opsins

Biology; Neuroscience

Proteins in photoreceptors that absorb light (in humans, rhodopsin and the three specialised cone opsins).

Transcriptional activator proteins

Biology; Neuroscience

Proteins that bind DNA and activate the transcription of DNA.

Inferior olive

Biology; Neuroscience

Prominent nucleus in the medulla; a major source of input to the cerebellum.

Cingulate sulcus

Biology; Neuroscience

Prominent sulcus on the medial aspect of the hemisphere.

Electrical synapses

Biology; Neuroscience

Synapses that transmit information via the direct flow of electrical current at gap junctions.

Interneuron

Biology; Neuroscience

Technically, a neuron in the pathway between primary sensory and primary effector neurons; more generally, a neuron that branches locally to innervate other neurons. interstitial nuclei of the ...

Papez’s circuit

Biology; Neuroscience

System of interconnected brain structures (mainly cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, and hypothalamus) in the medial aspect of the telencephalon and diencephalon described by James Papez. Participates in ...

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