Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the neuroanatomy, function, neural development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. The study of behavior and learning is also a division of neuroscience. The biological study of the human brain is an interdisciplinary field which involves many levels of study, from the molecular level through the cellular level (individual neurons), the level of relatively small assemblies of neurons like cortical columns, that of larger subsystems like that which subserves visual perception, up to large systems like the cerebral cortex or the cerebellum, and at the highest level the nervous system as a whole. At this highest level, neuroscientific approaches combine with cognitive science to create cognitive neuroscience, a discipline first populated mostly by cognitive psychology, currently becoming a dynamic specialty of its own. Some researchers believe that cognitive neuroscience provides a bottom-up approach to understanding the mind and consciousness that is complementary to, or may replace, the top-down approach of psychology. The concern of neuroscience includes such diverse topics as * the operation of neurotransmitter at the synapse; * the biological mechanisms that underlie learning (both declarative learning and motor learning); * how genes contribute to neural development in the embryo and throughout life * the operation of relatively simpler neural structures of other organisms like marine snails; * and the structure and functioning of complex neural circuits in perceiving, remembering, and speaking. ==Fields within neuroscience== There are four main areas of study within neuroscience * Molecular neuroscience - In principle, there is no distinction between cellular and molecular biology of the brain and of any other organ. However, there are so many differences between the nervous system and the rest of the body, both in terms of cellular functions and the goals of the field, that cellular and molecular neuroscience functions as an independent field. * neural development - This field studies the ways in which the ectodermally-derived nervous system gets organized in the adult animal. The primary subjects of investigation are the fruit fly ''Drosophila melanogaster'' and the zebrafish ''Danio rerio''. * Cognitive neuroscience and systems neuroscience - These two fields are interested in explaining the link between the mind and the brain. Common methods involve functional imaging, recording of action potentials, and careful analysis of behavior. * Neurobiology of disease - This field, directly aligned with medical research, is interested in curing any diseases associated with the nervous system. "Neuroscience" is a blanket term that refers to all the specific fields that study the nervous system. In some sense psychology is actually a sub-field of neuroscience, although some mind/body theorists argue it goes the other way. "Neurobiology" is often used interchangeably with 'neuroscience,' but may refer specifically to the study of the biology of the nervous system. There is, though, some ambiguity within the neuroscience community as to the difference between the two terms. Other related and overlapping fields include: * Aphasiology * Brain imaging * Computational neuroscience * Neuroanatomy * Neurochemistry * Neuroeconomics * Neuroesthetics * Neuroethology * Neurolinguistics * Neurology * Neurophysiology * Neuropsychology * Neurotheology (also Biotheology) * Psychopharmacology * Psychobiology (also Biopsychology, also Biological psychology) * Evolutionary neuroscience * Neurogenomics * Neurophenomenology * Neuroethics * Neuroprosthetics ==See also== * List of neuroscience topics * List_of_publications_in_biology#neuriscience * :Category:Neuroscientists * :Category:Psychology * :Category:Biology ==References== ===Textbooks=== *Bear, M. F. et. al. Eds. (1995). ''Neuroscience: Exploring The Brain''. Baltimore, Maryland, Williams and Wilkins. ISBN 0781739446 *Kandel, Eric, James Schwartz, and Thomas Jessel. 2000. ''Principles of Neural Science''. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, New York ISBN 0838577016 ===Popular works=== * Damasio, A. R. (1994). ''Descarte's Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain.'' New York, Avon Books. ISBN 0399138943 (Hardcover) ISBN 0380726475 (Paperback) * Andreason, N. C. (2001). ''Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Age of the Genome.'' Oxford, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195145097 (Hardcover) ISBN 0195167287 (Paperback) * Gardner, H. (1976). ''The Shattered Mind: The Person After Brain Damage.'' New York, Vintage Books, 1976 ISBN 0394719468 * Goldstein, K. (2000). ''The Organism.'' New York, Zone Books. ISBN 0942299965 (Hardcover) ISBN 0942299973 (Paperback) * Luria, A. R. (1997). ''The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. ISBN 0224007920 (Hardcover) ISBN 0674546253 (Paperback) * Luria, A. R. (1998). ''The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book About A Vast Memory.'' New York, Basic Books, Inc. ISBN 0674576225 * Sacks, O. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Summit Books ISBN 0671554719 (Hardcover) ISBN 0060970790 (Paperback) * Sacks, O. (1990). ''Awakenings.'' New York, Vintage Books. (See also Oliver Sacks) ISBN 0671648349 (Hardcover) ISBN 0060973684 (Paperback) == External links == * [http://brainmaps.org High-Resolution Cytoarchitectural Primate Brain Atlases] * [http://www.sfn.org Society for Neuroscience] * [http://www.asneurochem.org American Society for Neurochemistry] * [http://www.neurotransmitter.net Neurotransmitter.net]Neuroscience resources and news * [http://brainmeta.com BrainMeta]A community site * [http://www.neuropat.dote.hu Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology on the Internet]High quality links * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=neurosci.TOC&depth=2 Neuroscience. 2nd ed.] by Purves et al (online textbook) * [http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html Neuroscience for Kids] * [http://purl.net/net/neurowiki NeuroWiki], a wiki website for Neuroscience related topics. All content (unless explicitly proclaimed otherwise) is published to the public domain thus can be relocated to the Wikipedia. * [http://www.dana.org Dana.org for information about brain research, immunology and arts education] * [http://www.ihcworld.com/neuroscience/ Neuroscience Methods and Techniques] Neuroscience Interdisciplinary fields Psychology Biology bn:স্নায়ুবিজ্ঞান
Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the neuroanatomy, function, developmental biology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. The study of behavior and learning is also a division of neuroscience. Biology physiology
==Neuroscience Template== How about a Wikipedia:Template for neuroscience like the template for psychology (right side of page): --User:Nectarflowed 10:34, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC) :Okay, but are the distinctions so clear? User:Sayeth 16:36, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ==Neuroscience & Neurobiology== I've read in one glossary a definition of neuroscience as technically being within psychology rather than biology, while ''neurobiology'' is within biology. Wikipedia currently has neurobiology redirect to neuroscience. Can anyone explain the distinction between neuroscience and neurobiology? --User:Nectarflowed 11:36, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) : This is very difficult because there is even some ambiguity within the neuroscience community. "Neuroscience" is a blanket term that refers to all the specific fields that study the nervous system. In some sense psychology is actually of sub field of neuroscience (though there are some mind/body theorists that would argue it goes the other way). Neurobiology is specifically the the study of the biology of the nervous system. Now that overlapps with neurophysiology which studies physiological propoerties of the nervous system which necessarily involve biological processes.User:Goferwiki 10:27, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the neuroanatomy, function, neural development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. The study of behavior and learning is also a division of neuroscience. The biological study of the human brain is an interdisciplinary field which involves many levels of study, from the molecular level through the cellular level (individual neurons), the level of relatively small assemblies of neurons like cortical columns, that of larger subsystems like that which subserves visual perception, up to large systems like the cerebral cortex or the cerebellum, and at the highest level the nervous system as a whole. At this highest level, neuroscientific approaches combine with cognitive science to create cognitive neuroscience, a discipline first populated mostly by cognitive psychology, currently becoming a dynamic specialty of its own. Some researchers believe that cognitive neuroscience provides a bottom-up approach to understanding the mind and consciousness that is complementary to, or may replace, the top-down approach of psychology. The concern of neuroscience includes such diverse topics as * the operation of neurotransmitter at the synapse; * the biological mechanisms that underlie learning (both declarative learning and motor learning); * how genes contribute to neural development in the embryo and throughout life * the operation of relatively simpler neural structures of other organisms like marine snails; * and the structure and functioning of complex neural circuits in perceiving, remembering, and speaking. ==Fields within neuroscience== There are four main areas of study within neuroscience * Molecular neuroscience - In principle, there is no distinction between cellular and molecular biology of the brain and of any other organ. However, there are so many differences between the nervous system and the rest of the body, both in terms of cellular functions and the goals of the field, that cellular and molecular neuroscience functions as an independent field. * neural development - This field studies the ways in which the ectodermally-derived nervous system gets organized in the adult animal. The primary subjects of investigation are the fruit fly ''Drosophila melanogaster'' and the zebrafish ''Danio rerio''. * Cognitive neuroscience and systems neuroscience - These two fields are interested in explaining the link between the mind and the brain. Common methods involve functional imaging, recording of action potentials, and careful analysis of behavior. * Neurobiology of disease - This field, directly aligned with medical research, is interested in curing any diseases associated with the nervous system. "Neuroscience" is a blanket term that refers to all the specific fields that study the nervous system. In some sense psychology is actually a sub-field of neuroscience, although some mind/body theorists argue it goes the other way. "Neurobiology" is often used interchangeably with 'neuroscience,' but may refer specifically to the study of the biology of the nervous system. There is, though, some ambiguity within the neuroscience community as to the difference between the two terms. Other related and overlapping fields include: * Aphasiology * Brain imaging * Computational neuroscience * Neuroanatomy * Neurochemistry * Neuroeconomics * Neuroesthetics * Neuroethology * Neurolinguistics * Neurology * Neurophysiology * Neuropsychology * Neurotheology (also Biotheology) * Psychopharmacology * Psychobiology (also Biopsychology, also Biological psychology) * Evolutionary neuroscience * Neurogenomics * Neurophenomenology * Neuroethics * Neuroprosthetics ==See also== * List of neuroscience topics * List_of_publications_in_biology#neuriscience * :Category:Neuroscientists * :Category:Psychology * :Category:Biology ==References== ===Textbooks=== *Bear, M. F. et. al. Eds. (1995). ''Neuroscience: Exploring The Brain''. Baltimore, Maryland, Williams and Wilkins. ISBN 0781739446 *Kandel, Eric, James Schwartz, and Thomas Jessel. 2000. ''Principles of Neural Science''. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, New York ISBN 0838577016 ===Popular works=== * Damasio, A. R. (1994). ''Descarte's Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain.'' New York, Avon Books. ISBN 0399138943 (Hardcover) ISBN 0380726475 (Paperback) * Andreason, N. C. (2001). ''Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Age of the Genome.'' Oxford, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195145097 (Hardcover) ISBN 0195167287 (Paperback) * Gardner, H. (1976). ''The Shattered Mind: The Person After Brain Damage.'' New York, Vintage Books, 1976 ISBN 0394719468 * Goldstein, K. (2000). ''The Organism.'' New York, Zone Books. ISBN 0942299965 (Hardcover) ISBN 0942299973 (Paperback) * Luria, A. R. (1997). ''The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. ISBN 0224007920 (Hardcover) ISBN 0674546253 (Paperback) * Luria, A. R. (1998). ''The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book About A Vast Memory.'' New York, Basic Books, Inc. ISBN 0674576225 * Sacks, O. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Summit Books ISBN 0671554719 (Hardcover) ISBN 0060970790 (Paperback) * Sacks, O. (1990). ''Awakenings.'' New York, Vintage Books. (See also Oliver Sacks) ISBN 0671648349 (Hardcover) ISBN 0060973684 (Paperback) == External links == * [http://brainmaps.org High-Resolution Cytoarchitectural Primate Brain Atlases] * [http://www.sfn.org Society for Neuroscience] * [http://www.asneurochem.org American Society for Neurochemistry] * [http://www.neurotransmitter.net Neurotransmitter.net]Neuroscience resources and news * [http://brainmeta.com BrainMeta]A community site * [http://www.neuropat.dote.hu Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology on the Internet]High quality links * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=neurosci.TOC&depth=2 Neuroscience. 2nd ed.] by Purves et al (online textbook) * [http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html Neuroscience for Kids] * [http://purl.net/net/neurowiki NeuroWiki], a wiki website for Neuroscience related topics. All content (unless explicitly proclaimed otherwise) is published to the public domain thus can be relocated to the Wikipedia. * [http://www.dana.org Dana.org for information about brain research, immunology and arts education] * [http://www.ihcworld.com/neuroscience/ Neuroscience Methods and Techniques] Neuroscience Interdisciplinary fields Psychology Biology bn:স্নায়ুবিজ্ঞান
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Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the neuroanatomy, function, developmental biology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. The study of behavior and learning is also a division of neuroscience. Biology physiology
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==Neuroscience Template== How about a Wikipedia:Template for neuroscience like the template for psychology (right side of page): --User:Nectarflowed 10:34, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC) :Okay, but are the distinctions so clear? User:Sayeth 16:36, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ==Neuroscience & Neurobiology== I've read in one glossary a definition of neuroscience as technically being within psychology rather than biology, while ''neurobiology'' is within biology. Wikipedia currently has neurobiology redirect to neuroscience. Can anyone explain the distinction between neuroscience and neurobiology? --User:Nectarflowed 11:36, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) : This is very difficult because there is even some ambiguity within the neuroscience community. "Neuroscience" is a blanket term that refers to all the specific fields that study the nervous system. In some sense psychology is actually of sub field of neuroscience (though there are some mind/body theorists that would argue it goes the other way). Neurobiology is specifically the the study of the biology of the nervous system. Now that overlapps with neurophysiology which studies physiological propoerties of the nervous system which necessarily involve biological processes.User:Goferwiki 10:27, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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