List of neuroscience topics

Overview
This is a list of terms related to 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

Neurobiology

 * Neuroregeneration

Neurogenetics

 * Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM)

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