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The study of the structure and function of the nervous system and its components.

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Can brain cells move?

To add to Christiaan's answer, I'll mention one striking example of long-distance neuronal migration in the adult mammalian brain: the so-called Rostral Migratory Stream found in rodents, in rabbits a …
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What is "integrated spindle activity" in plain English?

From a research article: To determine if a combination of spindle parameters allowed for a better group discrimination, integrated spindle activity (ISA) was calculated by integrating over time t …
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Meaning of "external demands" in a paper describing the gut-brain axis

From "Brain Gut Microbiome Interactions and Functional Bowel Disorders": In response to external and bodily demands, the brain modulates individual cells (ECC – enterochromaffin cells; SMC – smoo …
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What are "intrinsic hypothalamic fibers"? (From an article on neuronal mechanisms of sexual ...

I came across the phrase intrinsic hypothalamic fibers which I cannot understand. What is meant by intrinsic - that these fibers (long myelinated axons?) start in the hypothalamus? Or that they start …
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