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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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Vestibulocerebellum
Biology; Neuroscience
The part of the cerebellar cortex that receives direct input from the vestibular nuclei or vestibular nerve.
Adaptation
Biology; Neuroscience
The phenomenon of sensory receptor adjustment to different levels of stimulation; critical for allowing sensory systems to operate over a wide dynamic range.
Amnesia
Biology; Neuroscience
The pathological inability to remember or establish memories; retrograde amnesia is the inability to recall existing memories, whereas anterograde amnesia is the inability to lay down new memories.
Overshoot phase
Biology; Neuroscience
The peak, positive-going phase of an action potential, caused by high membrane permeability to a cation such as Na+ or Ca2+.
Overshoot
Biology; Neuroscience
The peak, positive-going phase of an action potential, caused by high membrane permeability to a cation such as Na+ or Ca2+.
Cerebrocerebellum
Biology; Neuroscience
The part of the cerebellar cortex that receives input from the cerebral cortex via axons from the pontine relay nuclei.
Stereopsis
Biology; Neuroscience
The perception of depth that results from the fact that the two eyes view the world from slightly different angles.
