List of neuroscience topics

This is a list of terms related to neuroscience.

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Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Neuroanatomy

• motor nerve
• afferent nerve
• efferent nerve
• nucleus
• ganglion
• white matter
• grey matter
• functional integration (neurobiology)

Nervous system structure

• nervous system
  • peripheral nervous system (PNS)
  • central nervous system (CNS)
    • Brodmann area
    • list of regions in the human brain

Divisions in the central nervous system:

Divisions in the peripheral nervous system:

Cellular neuroanatomy

Neurochemistry

• agonist
• antagonist
• neurotransmitter
  • acetylcholine
  • amino acid neurotransmitter
    • GABA
    • glutamate
  • monoamine neurotransmitter
    • catecholamines
      • epinephrine
      • norepinephrine
      • dopamine
    • serotonin
  • neuropeptide
    • enkephalin
    • endorphin

Neuron (neuron doctrine)

Histology

• soma
• dendrite
• axon
• axon terminal
• synapse

Physiology

• ion channel
• action potential
  • • depolarization
• generator potential

• retrograde signaling

• retrograde transport
• anterograde transport

Classification

• Structural classification
  • Polarity
    • unipolar cell
    • pseudounipolar cell
    • bipolar cell
    • multipolar cell
      • pyramidal cell
      • granule cell
  • Other
    • Basket cell
    • Betz cell
    • Medium spiny neuron
    • Purkinje cell
    • Renshaw cell
• Functional classification
  • Direction
    • Afferent neuron
    • Efferent neuron
    • Interneuron
  • Action
    • Excitatory neuron
    • Inhibitory neuron
    • Modulatory neuron

Glial cell

• • microglia
  • macroglia
    • astrocyte
    • oligodendrocyte
    • ependymal cell
    • Radial glia
    • Schwann cell
    • satellite cell
  • myelin

Neuropharmacology

• narcotic
• amphetamine
• antipsychotic
• lithium carbonate
• anaesthetic
• sedative
• cocaine
• extrapyramidal side effect
• antidepressant
• SSRI
  • opiate
  • opioid
  • codeine
  • fentanyl
  • heroin
  • morphine

Other disciplines. (Note some overlap with previously stated disciplines)

Evolutionary neuroscience

Neurobiology

• Neuroregeneration

Neurophysiology

Neurochemistry

Neuroendocrinology

Neurogenetics

• Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM)

Neuroproteomics

Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience

Research

• behavioral science
• neuroethology
• cognitive science
• biological neural networks
• neural networks
• neurocognition
• neuropsychology
• cognitive neuropsychology
• neuropsychological test
• Biological psychology

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
  • Lesion studies
  • Stimulation studies
  • In vivo pharmacological tests
  • Model organism
  • Animal testing

Behavioral systems

• Perceptual
  • vision (visual system)
  • audition
  • olfaction
  • mechanosensation
  • proprioception
  • nociception
  • electroreception
  • lateral line systems
• Motor
  • motor control
  • motor learning
• Executive and high-level
  • attention
  • decision
  • long-term memory
  • working memory
  • consciousness
  • emotion

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

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Neuroethics

• Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics
• Neuroethics

Neurophilosophy

• Philosophy of mind
  • The Mind–Body Problem

Neurolinguistics

Cognitive. Utilizes AI, Computational and neural modeling.

Neuroimaging

Related sciences

• Cognitive science
• Psychology
• Molecular biology
• Psychiatry
• Neurosurgery
• Linguistics
• Developmental biology
• Biotechnology
• Neurophilosophy