WordNet

the scientific study of the nervous system
a cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomena
the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena

English Journal

Differential and distributed effects of dopamine neuromodulations on resting-state network connectivity.

Cole DM, Beckmann CF, Oei NY, Both S, van Gerven JM, Rombouts SA.SourceCentre for Neuroscience, Division of Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands; FMRIB (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain) Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: dcole.neurosci@gmail.com.
NeuroImage.Neuroimage.2013 Sep;78:59-67. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.034. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
Dopaminergic medications, used to treat neurochemical pathology and resultant symptoms in neuropsychiatric disorders, are of mixed efficacy and regularly associated with behavioural side effects. The possibility that dopamine exerts both linear and nonlinear ('inverted U-shaped') effects on cognitiv
PMID 23603346

Choi HA, Jeon SB, Samuel S, Allison T, Lee K.SourceDepartments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin St., MSB 7.154A, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, huimahn.a.choi@uth.tmc.edu.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports.Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.2013 Aug;13(8):370. doi: 10.1007/s11910-013-0370-3.
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity is a syndrome associated with brain trauma, stroke, encephalitis, and other forms of brain injury. It is characterized by uncontrolled episodes of unbalanced sympathetic surges causing hyperthermia, diaphoresis, tachycardia, hypertension, tachypnea, and dystonic
PMID 23780802

Pupillary motility: bringing neuroscience to the psychiatry clinic of the future.

Graur S, Siegle G.SourceUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 121 Meyran St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports.Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.2013 Aug;13(8):365. doi: 10.1007/s11910-013-0365-0.
Modern pupillometry has expanded the study and utility of pupil responses in many new domains, including psychiatry, particularly for understanding aspects of cognitive and emotional information processing. Here, we review the applications of pupillometry in psychiatry for understanding patients' in
PMID 23780801