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The study of the effects of drugs on mental illness.  

Embryonic opening from the neural canal to the exterior.  

The expanded tips of the axon terminals at a synapse.  

The ability of the nervous system to adapt to trauma or disease; the ability of nerve cells to grow and form new connections to other neurons.  

In occupational and physical therapy, various techniques used in sensorimotor rehabilitation that rely on voluntary and involuntary activation, facilitation, and inhibition of muscle action through the reflex arc.  

Proteins secreted by the hypothalamus that are involved in the transport of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin).  

A tic or spasm of the muscles of speech resulting in an involuntary cry or sound.  

Having an affinity for nervous tissue.  

The branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.  

An enzyme that cleaves peptides in neurons.