Biological & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Neurobiology

Neurobiology deals with nervous system structures and functions. More particularly, it focuses on the cells and tissues of the nervous system and how they can form structures and circuits (pathways) for controlling the body. Neurobiology is the branch of the life sciences deals with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system. Neurobiology can be classified as a sub-discipline within the broader field of physiology. It is relatively broad as a scientific field, and can be applied to multiple organism types, including humans, vertebrate animals (animals with backbones), and invertebrates (animals without backbones). The term neurobiology is often used as a substitute for neuroscience, but the key distinction is that neurobiology is often limited to just the biological aspect of this system, and not the interdisciplinary aspects that we see in neuroscience.