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Neuroscience (journal)

Neuroscience (journal) is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Neuroscience (journal) rather than just read about it. In short: Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of neuroscience. It was established in 1976 with P.G.

Key takeaways

Neuroscience (journal) belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Neuroscience (journal) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Neuroscience (journal) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of neuroscience. It was established in 1976 with P.G. Kostyuk, Rodolfo Llinás, and A.D. Smith as founding editors-in-chief and originally published by Pergamon Press. The current editor-in-chief is Juan Lerma Gómez (Spanish National Research Council). The journal is published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). The journal continues the IBRO News section formerly published in Brain Research.

Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, Neuroscience has a 2024 impact factor of 2.7.

Notable articles As of 2018, the following articles are the most downloaded according to the publisher's data:

Keeler, J.F.; Pretsell, D.O.; Robbins, T.W. (2014). "Functional implications of dopamine D1 vs. D2 receptors: A 'prepare and select' model of the striatal direct vs. indirect pathways". Neuroscience. 282: 156–175. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.07.021. PMID 25062777. Hernández SE (2018). "Gray Matter and Functional Connectivity in Anterior Cingulate Cortex are Associated with the State of Mental Silence During Sahaja Yoga Meditation". Neuroscience. 371: 395–406. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.017. hdl:10234/175002. PMID 29275207. Humpel, C (2015). "Organotypic brain slice cultures: A review". Neuroscience. 305: 86–98. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.086. PMC 4699268. PMID 26254240. Dalley, J (2012). "Dopamine, serotonin and impulsivity" (PDF). Neuroscience. 215: 42–58. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.065. PMID 22542672. Zorina-Lichtenwalter, K (2016). "Genetic predictors of human chronic pain conditions". Neuroscience. 338: 36–62. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.04.041. PMID 27143481.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Neuroscience (journal)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Neuroscience (journal) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Neuroscience (journal) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Neuroscience (journal) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Neuroscience (journal)

In research: Neuroscience (journal) appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Neuroscience (journal) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Neuroscience (journal) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1976, Elsevier academic journals, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Neuroscience (journal) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Neuroscience (journal) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Neuroscience (journal) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Neuroscience (journal) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Neuroscience (journal) in simple terms?

Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of neuroscience. It was established in 1976 with P.G.

Why does Neuroscience (journal) matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Neuroscience (journal)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Neuroscience (journal).