"Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders."
The study of the nervous system and its functions.
Neurons: The building blocks of the nervous system. Study of their structure, function, and classification.
Action Potentials: The electrical signals that neurons use to communicate. How they are generated and propagate along the axon.
Synapses: The sites of communication between neurons. The different types of synapses and the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and reception.
Ion Channels: The proteins that allow ions (e.g. Na+, K+, Ca2+) to enter and exit neurons. How they gate and regulate ion flow.
Neurotransmitters: The chemical messengers that neurons use to communicate with each other. Their synthesis, transport, signaling, and regulation.
Neural Circuits: The networks of interconnected neurons that process information in the brain. How circuits are organized and function in sensory, motor, and cognitive processes.
Sensory Systems: The systems that detect and process stimuli from the environment. How sensory information is encoded and integrated in the brain.
Motor Systems: The systems that control movement and coordination. How motor neurons and circuits are controlled and modulated.
Learning and Memory: The processes that underlie the ability to acquire, retain, and retrieve information. The different types of learning and memory, and the neural mechanisms that support them.
Plasticity: The ability of the brain to adapt and change in response to experience. The different forms of plasticity, and their role in development, learning, and recovery from injury.
Development: The processes that shape the structure and function of the nervous system during embryonic and postnatal development. The genetic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms that control neural development.
Diseases and Disorders: The various neurological and psychiatric disorders that affect the nervous system. The causes, symptoms, and treatments of these conditions.
Cellular neurobiology: The study of neurons and their interactions with other cells in the nervous system at a cellular level.
Molecular neurobiology: The study of the molecular basis of nervous system functions, such as gene expression and intracellular signaling pathways.
Neurophysiology: The study of neural activity and its underlying mechanisms, including the electrical and chemical properties of neurons, synaptic transmission, and sensory and motor processing.
Systems neuroscience: The study of neurons and neural pathways within larger neural circuits, and how these circuits generate specific behavioral and cognitive functions.
Cognitive neuroscience: The study of how the neural activity gives rise to cognitive processes such as perception, attention, memory, language, and decision-making.
Comparative neurobiology: The study of the evolution and diversity of nervous systems across different animal species.
Developmental neurobiology: The study of how the nervous system develops from embryonic stages to adulthood, including cell differentiation, neuron migration, and synapse formation.
Neuroendocrinology: The study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system, including hormone release and feedback.
Neuroimmunology: The study of the interaction between the nervous system and the immune system, including neural regulation of immune responses and the effects of immune dysfunction on the nervous system.
Neuropharmacology: The study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system, including both therapeutic and adverse effects.
"It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, psychology, physics, computer science, chemistry, medicine, statistics, and mathematical modeling."
"...to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons, glia and neural circuits."
"The understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness has been described by Eric Kandel as the 'epic challenge' of the biological sciences."
"The scope of neuroscience has broadened over time to include different approaches used to study the nervous system at different scales."
"The techniques used by neuroscientists have expanded enormously, from molecular and cellular studies of individual neurons to imaging of sensory, motor and cognitive tasks in the brain."
"...neurons, glia, and neural circuits."
"...physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, psychology, physics, computer science, chemistry, medicine, statistics, and mathematical modeling."
"...to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons, glia and neural circuits."
"The understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness has been described by Eric Kandel as the 'epic challenge' of the biological sciences."
"The functions and disorders of the nervous system."
"Learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness."
"The techniques used by neuroscientists have expanded enormously, from molecular and cellular studies of individual neurons to imaging of sensory, motor and cognitive tasks in the brain."
"Physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, psychology, physics, computer science, chemistry, medicine, statistics, and mathematical modeling."
"To understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons, glia and neural circuits."
"The understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness has been described by Eric Kandel as the 'epic challenge' of the biological sciences."
"The scope of neuroscience has broadened over time to include different approaches used to study the nervous system at different scales."
"Glia and neural circuits."
"Molecular and cellular studies of individual neurons."
"The techniques used by neuroscientists have expanded enormously, from molecular and cellular studies of individual neurons to imaging of sensory, motor and cognitive tasks in the brain."