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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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Pheromones
Biology; Neuroscience
Species-specific odorants that play important roles in behaviour in some animals, including many mammals.
Choroid plexus
Biology; Neuroscience
Specialised epithelium in the ventricular system that produces cerebrospinal fluid.
Lamellipodia
Biology; Neuroscience
The leading edge of a motile cell or growth cone, which is rich in actin filaments.
Molecular layer
Biology; Neuroscience
The layer of the cerebellar cortex containing the apical dendrites of Purkinje cells, parallel fibres from granule cells, a few local circuit neurons, and the synapses between these elements.
Granule cell layer
Biology; Neuroscience
The layer of the cerebellar cortex where granule cell bodies are found. Also used to refer to cell-rich layers in neocortex and hippocampus.
Purkinje cell
Biology; Neuroscience
The large principal projection neuron of the cerebellar cortex that has as its defining characteristic an elaborate apical dendrite.
Lateral columns
Biology; Neuroscience
The lateral regions of spinal cord white matter that convey motor information from the brain to the spinal cord.
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