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Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide. (4th ed., 2014) Davis, E. B. and Schmidt, D. 574.0724 D292U 2002 Funk Library Ref. Online version.
Neuroscience is "the study of all aspects of nerves and the nervous system, in health and in disease. It includes the anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of nerve cells; the behavioural and psychological features that depend on the function of the nervous system; and the clinical disciplines that deal with them, such as neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry."¹
Also see "History of Neuroscience" from the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
1. "neuroscience" The Oxford Companion to the Body. Ed. Colin Blakemore and Sheila Jennett. Oxford University Press, 2001.
