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Parent topics

• Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. ^[e]
• Neuroscience [r]: The study of nervous systems and their components. ^[e]
• Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
• Cerebellum [r]: The small brain — a part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. ^[e]
• Brain stem [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Basal ganglia [r]: A cluster of nerve cell bodies at the base of the forebrain in vertebrates. ^[e]
• Spinal chord [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neural crest [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neuron [r]: An excitable cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses. ^[e]
• Neuroanatomy [r]: The branch of anatomy that studies the anatomical organization of the nervous system. ^[e]
• Cerebrospinal fluid [r]: The liquid in which the central nervous system is embedded. ^[e]
• Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate brain, ensheathed by the pia mater; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. ^[e]
• Cortical thickness [r]: The combined thickness of the cerebral cortex layers. ^[e]
• Gyrus [r]: A convex fold on the surface of the cerebral cortex in mammals. ^[e]
• Sulcus [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Sulcus (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. ^[e]
• Grey matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue that contains few myelinated axons but the somas of nerve cells, as well as glia and endothelial structures. ^[e]
• White matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue whose volume is dominated by myelinated axons of nerve cells. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Peripheral nervous system [r]: The part of the nervous system consisting of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) to serve the limbs and organs. ^[e]
• Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. ^[e]
• Neurology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Psychiatry [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Acetaminophen [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Acetylcholinesterase [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Acetylcholine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aminoglycoside [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Amphetamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Angiotensin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Antidepressant [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anxiety [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Arrhythmia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ataxia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Atenolol [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Autism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brain development [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brain evolution [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brain morphometry [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Child-Pugh Score [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Circulatory system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Connexin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Decerebrate rigidity [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Decorticate rigidity [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Delusion [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Depression [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Franz Joseph Gall [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Haloperidol [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Headache [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hepatic encephalopathy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Histamine antagonist [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Histamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Human spine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hypothalamus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Infant colic [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Infection [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Japanese encephalitis virus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Medication [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Metabolism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Methamphetamine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Myelin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neuroimaging [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neurology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neuropathic pain [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Oxytocin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pain physiology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pannexin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Prolactin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sedative [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Serotonin syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stroke [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Synapse [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Trypanosoma brucei [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Venereal disease [r]: Add brief definition or description

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