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List of neuroscience topics



This is a list of terms related to neuroscience.

Contents

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Neuroanatomy

Nervous system structure

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

Cellular neuroanatomy

Neurochemistry

Neuron (neuron doctrine)

Histology

Physiology

  • retrograde signaling
  • retrograde transport
  • anterograde transport

Classification

  • Structural classification
  • Functional classification
    • Direction
    • Action
      • Excitatory neuron
      • Inhibitory neuron
      • Modulatory neuron

Glial cell

Neuropharmacology

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

Evolutionary neuroscience

Neurobiology

Neurophysiology

Neurochemistry

Neuroendocrinology

Neurogenetics

  • Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM)

Neuroproteomics

Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience

Research

Experimental methods

Behavioral systems

History

Other

Neuroethics

Neurophilosophy

  • Philosophy of mind
    • The Mind–Body Problem

Neurolinguistics

Cognitive. Utilizes AI, Computational and neural modeling.

Neuroimaging

Related sciences

 
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