Neuroscience
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Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system, its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biol
Drawing by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1899) of neurons in the pigeon cerebellum
The Golgi stain first allowed for the visualization of individual neurons.
3-D sensory and motor homunculus models at the Natural History Museum, London
Photograph of a stained neuron in a chicken embryo
Neurology
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Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and th
Neuroscience
…address the diseases of the nervous system. These terms also refer to clinical disciplines involving diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. Neurology works with diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and stroke, and their medical treatment…
A network of dendrites from neurons in a hippocampus
Polish neurologist Edward Flatau greatly influenced the developing field of neurology. He published a human brain atlas in 1894 and wrote a fundamental book on migraines in 1912.
Jean-Martin Charcot is considered one of the fathers of neurology.