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21Chloride potassium symporter 5 — Solute carrier family 12 (potassium/chloride transporter), member 5 Identifiers Symbols SLC12A5; KCC2; KIAA1176 External IDs …
22nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
23Neurotransmitter — For an introduction to concepts and terminology used in this article, see Chemical synapse. Structure of a typical chemical synapse Postsynaptic density Voltage gated Ca++ c …
24Neurotransmission — The presynaptic neuron (yellow) releases neurotransmitter, which activates receptors on the postsynaptic cell (green). Neurotransmission (Latin: transmissio = passage, crossing; from transmitto = send, let through), also called synaptic… …
25Primate basal ganglia system — The primate basal ganglia system is a symmetrical major cerebral system that has only recently been recognized. In the past, part of it was presented as motor or extrapyramidal , complementary to the corticospinal (pyramidal) system. Contrary to… …
26Neurobiology — is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior. [Shepard, G. M. (1994). Neurobiology. 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 508843 3] It… …
27Postsynaptic potential — Postsynaptic potentials are changes in the membrane potential of the postsynaptic terminal of a chemical synapse. Postsynaptic potentials are graded potentials, and should not be confused with action potentials although their function is to… …
28automata theory — Body of physical and logical principles underlying the operation of any electromechanical device (an automaton) that converts information input in one form into another, or into some action, according to an algorithm. Norbert Wiener and Alan M.… …
29Acetylcholine — IUPAC name …
30Substantia nigra — Brain: Substantia nigra Section through superior colliculus showing Substantia nigra …
