List of neuroscience topics
Overview
This is a list of terms related to neuroscience.
Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Neuroanatomy
- motor nerve
- afferent nerve
- efferent nerve
- nucleus
- ganglion
- white matter
- grey matter
- functional integration (neurobiology)
Nervous system structure
Divisions in the central nervous system:
Divisions in the peripheral nervous system:
Peripheral nervous system |
by direction | sensory system | |
efferent system | |||
By function | Somatic | ||
Autonomic | Sympathetic | ||
Parasympathetic | |||
Enteric |
Cellular neuroanatomy
Neuron (neuron doctrine)
Histology
Physiology
Classification
- Structural classification
- Functional classification
Glial cell
Neuropharmacology
- narcotic
- amphetamine
- antipsychotic
- lithium carbonate
- anaesthetic
- sedative
- cocaine
- extrapyramidal side effect
- antidepressant
- SSRI
Other disciplines. (Note some overlap with previously stated disciplines)
Evolutionary neuroscience
Neurobiology
Neurophysiology
Neurochemistry
Neuroendocrinology
Neurogenetics
Neuroproteomics
Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience
Research
- behavioral science
- neuroethology
- cognitive science
- biological neural networks
- neural networks
- neurocognition
- neuropsychology
- cognitive neuropsychology
- neuropsychological test
- biological psychology
- imaging genetics
Experimental methods
- Neuroimaging / Functional neuroimaging
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Psychophysics
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Electroneuronography
- Posturography
- EEG topography
- Stereotactic surgery
- Animal models
Behavioral systems
- Perceptual
- Motor
- Executive and high-level
History
- Camillo Golgi
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Luigi Galvani
- Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond
- Johannes Peter Müller
- Hermann von Helmholtz
- Paul Broca
- John Hughlings Jackson
- Karl Wernicke
- Korbinian Brodmann
Other
Neuroethics
Neurophilosophy
- Philosophy of mind
- The Mind–Body Problem
Neurolinguistics
Cognitive. Utilizes AI, Computational and neural modeling.