Neuroscience

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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Retinotectal system

Biology; Neuroscience

The pathway between ganglion cells in the retina and the optic tectum of vertebrates.

Pupil

Biology; Neuroscience

The perforation in the iris that allows light to enter the eye.

Somatic stem cell

Biology; Neuroscience

A cell that can divide to give rise to more cells like itself, but also can divide to give rise to a new stem cell plus one or more differentiated cells of the relevant tissue type (e.g., a ...

A classical method for visualising neurons and their processes by impregnation with silver salts (the best-known technique is the Golgi stain, developed by the Italian anatomist Camillo Golgi in the ...

Neuron-glia cell adhesion molecule (Ng-CAM)

Biology; Neuroscience

A cell adhesion molecule, structurally related to immunoglobin molecules, that promotes adhesive interactions between neurons and glia.

Thalamus

Biology; Neuroscience

A collection of nuclei that forms the major component of the diencephalon. Although its functions are many, a primary role of the thalamus is to relay sensory information from lower centres to the ...