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Neuroscience [r]: The study of nervous systems and their components. [e]
Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. [e]
Psychiatry [r]: The subfield of health sciences concerned with mental disorders. [e]
Psychosis [r]: A brain disorder characterized by severely distorted sensory perception. [e]

Delusion [r]: A belief with no basis in reality, or shared with a person's culture, that persists despite evidence to the contrary. [e]
Hallucination [r]: Perception of objects, sounds, or sensations having no demonstrable reality, usually arising from a disorder of the nervous system or in response to certain drugs. [e]

Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. [e]
Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate central nervous system; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. [e]
Cortical thickness [r]: The combined thickness of the cerebral cortex layers. [e]
Cortical connectivity [r]: The degree to which different subunits of the cerebral cortex are linked to each other via nerve fibres. [e]

Brain development [r]: The build-up of the brain from ectodermal cells to a complex structure of neurons and glia. [e]
Brain evolution [r]: The process by which the central nervous system changed over many generations. [e]
Brain disorder [r]: Add brief definition or description
Brain asymmetry [r]: Add brief definition or description
Brain ventricle [r]: A space in the brain that is filled with cerebrospinal fluid. [e]

Synapse [r]: Contact point between neurons and other cells, crucial for nerve signalling [e]
Synaptic pruning [r]: Add brief definition or description
Neurotransmitter [r]: A class of chemicals which relay, amplify or modulate electrical signals between a neuron and other cells in the nervous system. [e]
Dopamine [r]: A monoamine neurotransmitter formed in the brain by the decarboxylation of dopa and essential to the normal functioning of the central nervous system. [e]
GABA [r]: (GABA, or γ-aminobutyrate), the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. [e]

Lipid metabolism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Genomic imprinting [r]: A genetic phenomenon by which certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin-specific manner. [e]

Leucotomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Electroconvulsive therapy [r]: A psychiatric treatment that involves inducing a seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain. [e]
Antipsychotics [r]: Add brief definition or description
Tranquilizer [r]: Add brief definition or description
Chlorpromazine [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cocaine [r]: A crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, that is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant; it is also a local anesthetic primarily used in otolaryngology [e]

Autism [r]: Developmental disability that results from a disorder of the human central nervous system. [e]
Dementia [r]: Progressive decline in two or more cognitive domains that is severe enough to interfere with the performance of everyday activities (National Library of Medicine). [e]
Depression [r]: Psychiatric disorder characterized by generalized melancholy, retreat from social contact, disrupted sleep patterns, akathisia, or a feeling of restlessness and increased movement, and anhedonia, or a diminished ability to experience pleasure. [e]
Dyslexia [r]: Add brief definition or description
Mental illness [r]: Add brief definition or description
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [r]: Behavior disorder originating in childhood in which the essential features are signs of developmentally inappropriate inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity (National Library of Medicine). [e]