SECTION	SCOPE
Behavioural neuroscience	Audition/vocalization etc. Bio (circadian) rhythms Communication/social behaviour Feeding/homeostasis Moods/motivation (including addiction) Neuroethological approaches to motor control (including echolocation & electrosensory), vision, & chemosensation Orientation/navigation Sex/aggression/fear Sleep Stress
Cognitive neuroscience	Arousal systems & priming Attention/blindsight/neglect Development & ageing Emotion Frontal lobes Language & communication Learning & memory Modelling cognition Molecular biology of cognition Neurobiology of cognitive-related disorders Perception Plasticity
Motor systems	Arm-hand motor coordination Basal ganglia -- intrinsic & overall function Brainstem & spinal cord -- intrinsic & overall function Cerebellum -- intrinsic & overall function Cortical motor functions -- networks, projections Eye movement & eye-head coordination Locomotion Motor-related disorders (including PD, HD, ALS, rehabilitation after stroke or other CNS lesions) Neuronal networks coordinating motor behaviour -- intrinsic function Posture-spatial orientation Respiration & related functions Sensori-motor integration Speech motor control
Neural homeostasis	Autonomic nervous system Autonomic neurons & control, transmitter effects of neuropeptides Central control of autonomic function (cardiorespiratory integration, posterior pituitary function, osmoregulation, thermoregulation) Clinical dysautonomias Enteric nervous system Neural control of cardiovascular, respiratory & renal systems (circulation, breathing, sodium & osmoregulation) Neural control of energy balance & metabolism Neuroendocrine regulation (gonadal, adrenal, GnRH, hypothalamus, control of reproduction, estrogen effects on neurophysiology & behavior, neuroendocrinology of aging) Peripheral regulation (heart-rate variability, physiological consequences of psychopathology - eg hostility, Type A personality) Reticular formation Sleep cycle & circadian rhythms Stress (effects, responses & consequences), with relation to neurogenesis, development, maternal behavior, social behavior, aging, cognitive function, self-esteem, physiological consequences, & neuropsychology
Neurobiology of disease & regeneration	Cell death Developing & aging brain Mechanisms of neurological & psychiatric diseases Neuroimmunology/infections/prions Neuronal excitability Repair/response to injury Stem cells/cell therapy Transplantation
Neurodevelopment	Acquisition of neuronal identity Activity-dependent mechanisms/plasticity/critical periods Axon guidance/topographic maps Cortical organization Development of systems (neural crest/PNS/ENS/CNS) Eye/ear/lateral line/olfaction Neural induction Neurogenesis Neuronal migration Regionalization Survival/trophic factors/apoptosis Synaptogenesis/NMJ/connectivity
Neuronal & glial cell biology	Axonal transport Basic methods/techniques Blood-brain barrier Cell adhesion/repulsion Cell death in the nervous system Cytoskeleton ECM Glia Glia/myelin-related disorders/diseases Growth cone motility Myelination Neuronal polarity & protein sorting Neuronal structure/function Neuronal-glial interactions Neuron-glia fate choices Vesicular trafficking in synaptic vesicle biogenesis & secretion
Neuronal signalling mechanisms	Calcium (stores, binding, release) Endocytosis Intracellular signalling pathways (including second messengers, G proteins) Ligand-gated channels Localization, cytoskeletal interaction, & traffic of signal components Molecular mechanisms of exocytosis Neuropharmacology (mechanisms not behavioural) Neurotransmitters/neuromodulators Neurotrophic/growth factor signalling Receptor signalling Signalling-related disorders (e.g. channelopathies) Synaptic structure/function (including LTP & other adaptive mechanisms) Transporters Voltage-gated channels
Neuropharmacology & psychopharmacology	Analgesics Anti-epileptic drugs Blockers of transmitter synthesis, storage, uptake Bockers of neuroexcitation Chronopharmacology Drugs for cerebrovascular disease Drugs for eye disorders Drugs for learning & attention disorders Drugs for motor disorders Drugs for psychiatric disorders Drugs of abuse Sensory pharmacology (other than eye)
Sensory systems	Auditory/Vestibular Chemical Somatosensory & Pain Visual System
Theoretical neuroscience	Biophysical models Cognitive modelling Motor control Network models Neural codes Neural representation Plasticity

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