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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Disjunctive eye movements

Biology; Neuroscience

Movements of the two eyes in opposite directions (see also vergence movements).

Primary visual cortex

Biology; Neuroscience

See striate cortex. primary visual pathway (retinogenticulocortical pathway) Pathway from the retina via the lateral genticulate nucleus of the thalamus to the primary visual cortex; carries the ...

Dorsal column nuclei

Biology; Neuroscience

Second-order sensory neurons in the lower medulla that relay mechanosensory information from the spinal cord to the thalamus; comprises the cuneate and gracile nuclei.

Cuneate nuclei

Biology; Neuroscience

Sensory relay nuclei that lie in the lower medulla; they contain the second-order sensory neurons that relay mechanosensory information from peripheral receptors in the upper body to the thalamus.

Proprioceptors

Biology; Neuroscience

Sensory receptors (usually limited to mechanosensory receptors) that sense the internal forces acting on the body; muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs are the preeminent examples.