The neurosciences are one of the most diverse and rapidly changing areas in the biological sphere. The need to understand the workings of the nervous system pervades a vast array of different research areas. By definition research in the neurosciences encompasses anatomy, pathology, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, genetics, and therapeutics. The ultimate goal is to determine how the
human brain functions under normal circumstances and perhaps, more importantly, how function changes in organic disease and in
altered states of mind. The key to many of these illnesses will unlock one of the major
therapeutic challenges of this era.The difficulty lies in the vastness…
