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

• 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

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)

Neurobiology

• Neuroregeneration

Neurogenetics

• Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM)

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
  • 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

• Category:Neuroscientists
• Category:History of neuroscience

Neuroethics

• Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics
• Neuroethics

Neurophilosophy

• Philosophy of mind
  • The Mind–Body Problem

Neurolinguistics

Cognitive. Utilizes AI, Computational and neural modeling.

Related sciences

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