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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C-fos

Biology; Neuroscience

Cellular Feline Osteosarcoma gene product; a transcription factor that binds as a heterodimer, thus activating gene transcription.

Nerve cells

Biology; Neuroscience

Cells specialised for the conduction and transmission of electrical signals in the nervous system.

Neuron

Biology; Neuroscience

Cell specialised for the conduction and transmission of electrical signals in the nervous system.

Neurons

Biology; Neuroscience

Cells specialised for the conduction and transmission of electrical signals in the nervous system.

Ionotropic glutamate receptors

Biology; Neuroscience

Glutamate-gated cation channels that allow the passage of Na+ and K+. They include the AMPA receptors, NMDA receptors, and kainate receptors, all named after the agonists that activate receptor ...

Genes that determine the developmental fate of an entire segment of an animal. Mutations in these genes drastically alter the characteristics of the body segment (as when wings grow from a fly body ...

Grey matter

Biology; Neuroscience

General term that describes regions of the central nervous system rich in neuronal cell bodies and neuropil; includes the cerebral and cerebellar cortices, the nuclei of the brain, and the central ...