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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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Sensory system
Biology; Neuroscience
Term sometimes used to describe all the components of the central and peripheral nervous system concerned with sensation.
Voltage-gated
Biology; Neuroscience
Term used to describe ion channels whose opening and closing is sensitive to membrane potential.
Mucosa
Biology; Neuroscience
Term referring the mucus membranes lining the nose, mouth, gut, and other epithelial surfaces.
Meyer’s loop
Biology; Neuroscience
That part of the optic radiation that runs in the caudal portion of the temporal lobe.
Plasticity
Biology; Neuroscience
Term that refers to structural or functional changes in the nervous system.
Action potential
Biology; Neuroscience
The electrical signal conducted along axons (or muscle fibers) by which information is conveyed from one place to another in the nervous system.
Optic vesicle
Biology; Neuroscience
The evagination of the forebrain vesicle that generates the retina and induces lens formation in the overlying ectoderm.
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