NeurotransmissionNeurotransmission (Latin: transmissio "passage, crossing" from transmittere "send, let through") is the process by which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron (the presynaptic neuron), and bind to and react with the receptors on the dendrites of another neuron (the postsynaptic neuron) a short distance away. A similar process occurs in retrograde neurotransmission, where the dendrites of the postsynaptic neuron release retrograde neurotransmitters (e.g.
Corticobulbar tractIn neuroanatomy, the corticobulbar (or corticonuclear) tract is a two-neuron white matter motor pathway connecting the motor cortex in the cerebral cortex to the medullary pyramids, which are part of the brainstem's medulla oblongata (also called "bulbar") region, and are primarily involved in carrying the motor function of the non-oculomotor cranial nerves. The corticobulbar tract is one of the pyramidal tracts, the other being the corticospinal tract.
Genetic representationIn computer programming, genetic representation is a way of presenting solutions/individuals in evolutionary computation methods. The term encompasses both the concrete data structures and data types used to realize the genetic material of the candidate solutions in the form of a genome, and the relationships between search space and problem space. In the simplest case, the search space corresponds to the problem space (direct representation).
Ataxie de FriedreichLataxie de Friedreich est la plus fréquente des ataxies héréditaires d'origine génétique, qui se déclare généralement à l'adolescence. Elle doit son nom à Nikolaus Friedreich, un médecin allemand qui a décrit la maladie en 1863. Elle touche environ 1 personne sur en France, aussi bien les hommes que les femmes. C'est une mutation du gène FXN sur le locus q13 du chromosome 9, responsable de l'encodage d'une petite protéine de la matrice mitochondriale, la frataxine qui cause la maladie de Friedreich.
