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'''Neuroscience''' is the scientific study of the [[nervous systems]]. The ultimate task of neuroscience is to explain the underlying mental processes of our thoughts and behaviors. The study of the nervous system takes place at many levels: the [[biology]], [[chemistry]], and structure of nerves and their support cells; the mechanisms of interactions and organizations of the various elements of the system; the [[ontological]] development and underlying genetic causes of the nervous system; physical, chemical, and biologic trauma and [[pathology]]; and the correlates of the physical traits with thought and behavior.
Traditionally Neuroscience has been a branch of biology, but has sense become dominated more by the fields of [[psychology]] and [[computational science]]. It also draws heavily and contributes to fields in [[medicine]], [[physiology]], [[statistics]], [[physics]], and [[chemistry]].
The nerves system is divided into two main sections, the [[peripheral nervous system]] and the [[central nervous system]]. Neuroscientist investigate both system with a wide range of methodologies including: comparative animal physiology, biochemical and genetic analysis, case studies of pathologies, [[brain imaging]] and [[computational modeling]]. Investigations range from studying the cellular components of individual neurons, to large scale interactions of multiple organ systems.
Neuroscience is a rapidly growing field of interest. Probably the most significant event that has lead to the explosion of research and findings is the development of non-invasive imaging of the brain in living organisms particularly techniques that allow for analysis of function and not just anatomical structures (such as the [[fMRI]]).
==References==
* Kandel, ER; Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
* Martin, JH (2003). Neuroanatomy text and atlas 3rd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill.
Traditionally Neuroscience has been a branch of biology, but has sense become dominated more by the fields of [[psychology]] and [[computational science]]. It also draws heavily and contributes to fields in [[medicine]], [[physiology]], [[statistics]], [[physics]], and [[chemistry]].
The nerves system is divided into two main sections, the [[peripheral nervous system]] and the [[central nervous system]]. Neuroscientist investigate both system with a wide range of methodologies including: comparative animal physiology, biochemical and genetic analysis, case studies of pathologies, [[brain imaging]] and [[computational modeling]]. Investigations range from studying the cellular components of individual neurons, to large scale interactions of multiple organ systems.
Neuroscience is a rapidly growing field of interest. Probably the most significant event that has lead to the explosion of research and findings is the development of non-invasive imaging of the brain in living organisms particularly techniques that allow for analysis of function and not just anatomical structures (such as the [[fMRI]]).
==References==
* Kandel, ER; Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
* Martin, JH (2003). Neuroanatomy text and atlas 3rd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill.