Recent questions tagged neurobiology

Description : How many cranial nerves are in the human body?

Last Answer : The cranial and spinal nerves constitute the somatic peripheral nervous system. These nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to peripheral structures such as the skin surface and the skeletal muscles. ... of function. The trigeminal nerve is the largest, although not the longest, cranial nerve. 

Description : What are the major hormones and aging plays any role in it?

Last Answer : The major groups of hormones are amine hormones, peptide and protein hormones, and steroid hormones. Amine hormones are relatively small molecules that are structurally similar to amino acids. Epinephrine and ... function of the immune system is a result of the reduced size of the thymus gland.

Description : How the molecular biological technique is used to study the nervous system?

Last Answer : As with other fields of biology, recent advances in molecular biological technique allow manipulations of the nervous system at the molecular level in precise & specific ways. Also genetics has long ... of genes & mutagenesis) have been developed that allow targeted disruption of a particular gene.