neurophysiology
Nervous system study
Neurophysiology is the branch of physiology concerned with how the nervous system functions—how neurons transmit signals, how brain regions coordinate activity, how sensory information becomes perception.
The field bridges biology and neuroscience, using techniques like electroencephalography to study electrical activity in living nervous tissue: Her neurophysiology research focused on how pain signals reach the brain.
Neuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- myelinNerve fiber insulation
- gliaNon-neuronal brain cells
ganglion · soma · hillock · terminal · bouton · arbor · fiber · tract
Biology's electrical activity science
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- electrodeConductive interface point
- EEGNeural activity recording
- EMGMuscle electrical activity test
oscillation · spike · microelectrode · neuroimaging · tracer · staining · lesion · stimulation
Involuntary stimulus response
- sensoryRelated to perception
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
- somaticConcerning the body
conduction · impulse · transmission · integration · summation · facilitation · potentiation · inhibition
Synaptic chemical messenger
- depolarizationLoss of electrical gradient
- repolarizationMembrane voltage reset
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
excitatory · inhibitory · receptor · vesicle · release · reuptake · calcium · potassium
External computer add-on
- centralIn the middle, primary
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- parasympatheticNerve system promoting rest
- entericConcerning the gut
plexus · spinal · brainstem · cortical · subcortical · cerebellar · vestibular · visual
New nerve cell formation
- myelinationFatty nerve coating
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- migrationMovement to new territory
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
plasticity · maturation · aging · degeneration · regeneration
axon
Neuron's signal-sending projection
glia · ganglion · soma · hillock · terminal · bouton · arbor · fiber · tract · nucleus
electrophysiology
Biology's electrical activity science
EMG · oscillation · spike · microelectrode · neuroimaging · tracer · staining · lesion · stimulation · ablation
reflex
Involuntary stimulus response
- sensoryRelated to perception
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
somatic · conduction · impulse · transmission · integration · summation · facilitation · potentiation · inhibition · excitation
neurotransmitter
Synaptic chemical messenger
- depolarizationLoss of electrical gradient
- repolarizationMembrane voltage reset
- thresholdPoint of beginning
refractory · excitatory · inhibitory · receptor · vesicle · release · reuptake · calcium · potassium · chloride
peripheral
External computer add-on
- centralIn the middle, primary
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- parasympatheticNerve system promoting rest
enteric · plexus · spinal · brainstem · cortical · subcortical · cerebellar · vestibular · visual · auditory
neurogenesis
New nerve cell formation
- myelinationFatty nerve coating
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- migrationMovement to new territory
differentiation · plasticity · maturation · aging · degeneration · regeneration
- neuroscienceMRI, brain, synapses, dendrite, neurotransmitters
- brainwavesalpha waves, alpha, beta waves, beta, gamma
neurophysiologydualism
Philosophy of opposed pairs
folk psychology · phenomenology · behaviorism · psychoanalysis · philosophy of mind
physiology, neural, neuron, neurological, neuroscience, neurons, neuronal, neuromuscular, neuropsychology