Welcome to our Department
Neuroscience (or neurobiology) is
the scientific study of
the nervous system. It is a multidisciplinary branch of biology, that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, mathematical modeling and psychology to
understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neuronsand neural circuits. The understanding of the biological
basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception and consciousness has been
described by Eric Kandel as
the \\\"ultimate challenge\\\" of the biological sciences.
The scope of neuroscience has broadened over
time to include different approaches used to study the nervous system at the
different scales and the techniques used by neuroscientists have
expanded enormously, from molecular and cellular studies
of individual neurons to imaging of
sensory and motor tasks in the brain. Neuroscience has also given rise to such other
disciplines as neuroeducation, neuroethics, and neurolaw.
