Specialist dictionary

Neuroscience biology

Specialist vocabulary classified under Biology.

Core vocabulary

47 featured terms

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Dendriticadjective

(neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite; "dendritic fiber"

Synapticadjective

(neuroscience) of or involving synapses

5-hydroxytryptaminenoun

a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

Action potentialnoun

the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

Afferent neuronnoun

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

Axonnoun

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

Axonenoun

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

Central nervous systemnoun

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

CNSnoun

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

Dendritenoun

short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron

Dopaminenoun

a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names D…

Dopastatnoun

a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names D…

Efferent neuronnoun

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

Glial cellnoun

a cell of the neuroglia

Intropinnoun

a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names D…

Medullanoun

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

Medulla spinalisnoun

a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure exte…

Motoneuronnoun

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

Motor nerve fibernoun

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

Motor neuronnoun

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

Myelinnoun

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

Myelinenoun

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

Nerve cellnoun

a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Neurogliacytenoun

a cell of the neuroglia

Neuroglial cellnoun

a cell of the neuroglia

Neuronnoun

a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Neurosciencenoun

the scientific study of the nervous system

Peripheral nervous systemnoun

the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord

Sensory neuronnoun

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

Serotoninnoun

a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

Spinal cordnoun

a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure exte…

synapsenoun

the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neur…

Systema nervosum centralenoun

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

Systema nervosum periphericumnoun

the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord

Brainnoun

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

Encephalonnoun

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

Astrocytenoun

comparatively large neuroglial cell

Brain cellnoun

a nerve cell in the brain

Brain sciencenoun

the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain

Cognitive neurosciencenoun

the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena

Gangliocytenoun

a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of gla…

Ganglion cellnoun

a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of gla…

Microgliacytenoun

a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue

Myoneural junctionnoun

the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

Neuromuscular junctionnoun

the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

Neurophysiologynoun

the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system

Oligodendrocytenoun

a cell of the oligodendroglia