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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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Neuroscience
Homologous
Biology; Neuroscience
Technically, referring to structures in different species that share the same evolutionary history; more generally, referring to structures or organs that have the same general anatomy and perform ...
Ligand-gated ion channels
Biology; Neuroscience
Term for a large group of neurotransmitter receptors that combine receptor and ion channel functions into a single molecule.
Prevertebral ganglia
Biology; Neuroscience
Sympathetic ganglia that lie anterior to the spinal column (distinct from the sympathetic chain ganglia).
Chemical synapses
Biology; Neuroscience
Synapses that transmit information via the secretion of chemical signals (neurotransmitters).
Specificity
Biology; Neuroscience
Term applied to neural connexions that entail specific choices between neurons and their targets.
Tonic
Biology; Neuroscience
Sustained activity in response to an ongoing stimulus; the opposite of phasic.
Affective–motivational aspects of pain
Biology; Neuroscience
The fear, anxiety, and autonomic nervous activation that accompany exposure to a noxious stimulus.
