Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2014

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system whose huge advances in the last few decades is strongly linked to the progress in other related fields like molecular biology, electrophysiology and computational neuroscience. It emerged as a unified discipline only around 1971. This has enabled neuroscientists to better understand aspects related to the structure of the brain, its development, function, neurological disorders and ways to treat these abnormalities. Its interdisciplinary nature is becoming stronger and closely linked with subjects like computer science, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, medicine and engineering.