List of neuroscience topics

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Contents 1 Cellular and molecular neuroscience 1.1 Neuroanatomy 1.2 Cellular neuroanatomy 1.2.1 Neuron (neuron doctrine) 1.2.2 Glial cell 1.3 Neuropharmacology 2 Other disciplines. (Note some overlap with previously stated disciplines) 2.1 Evolutionary neuroscience 2.2 Neurobiology 2.3 Neurophysiology 2.4 Neurochemistry 2.5 Neuroendocrinology 2.6 Neurogenetics 2.7 Neuroproteomics 3 Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience 3.1 Research 3.2 Experimental methods 3.3 Behavioral systems 4 History 5 Other 5.1 Neuroethics 5.2 Neurophilosophy 5.3 Neurolinguistics 5.4 Neuroimaging 6 Related sciences

[edit] Cellular and molecular neuroscience

[edit] 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:

Central nervous system	Brain	Prosencephalon	Telencephalon	Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Lateral ventricles
			Diencephalon	Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary gland, Pineal gland, Third ventricle
		Brain stem	Mesencephalon	Tectum, Cerebral peduncle, Pretectum, Mesencephalic duct
			Rhombencephalon	Metencephalon	Pons, Cerebellum,
				Myelencephalon	Medulla oblongata
	Spinal cord

Divisions in the peripheral nervous system:

Peripheral nervous system	by direction	sensory system
		efferent system
	By function	Somatic
		Autonomic	Sympathetic
			Parasympathetic
			Enteric

[edit] Cellular neuroanatomy

Neurochemistry

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Glial cell

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

[edit] Neuropharmacology

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

[edit] Other disciplines. (Note some overlap with previously stated disciplines)

[edit] Evolutionary neuroscience

[edit] Neurobiology

• Neuroregeneration

[edit] Neurophysiology

[edit] Neurochemistry

[edit] Neuroendocrinology

[edit] Neurogenetics

• Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM)

[edit] Neuroproteomics

[edit] Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience

[edit] Research

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other

• Category:Neuroscientists
• Category:History of neuroscience

[edit] Neuroethics

• Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics
• Neuroethics

[edit] Neurophilosophy

• Philosophy of mind
  • The Mind–Body Problem

[edit] Neurolinguistics

Cognitive. Utilizes AI, Computational and neural modeling.

[edit] Neuroimaging

[edit] Related sciences

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