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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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Inactivation
Biology; Neuroscience
The time-dependent closing of ion channels in response to a stimulus, such as membrane depolarization.
Neuromuscular junction
Biology; Neuroscience
The synapse made by a motor axon on a skeletal muscle fiber.
Cone opsins
Biology; Neuroscience
The three distinct photopigments found in cones; the basis for colour vision.
Ganglion
Biology; Neuroscience
Collections of hundreds to thousands of neurons found outside the brain and spinal cord along the course of peripheral nerves.
Hemiballismus
Biology; Neuroscience
A basal ganglia syndrome resulting from damage to the subthalamic nucleus and characterised by violent involuntary movements of the limbs.
Motor system
Biology; Neuroscience
A broad term used to describe all the central and peripheral structures that support motor behavior.
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