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Neurophysiology (from Greek νεῦρον, neuron, "nerve"; φύσις, physis, "nature, origin"; and -λογία, -logia) is a part of physiology. Neurophysiology is the study of nervous system function. Primarily, it is connected with neurobiology, psychology, neurology, clinical neurophysiology, electrophysiology, biophysical neurophysiology, ethology, neuroanatomy, cognitive science and other brain sciences.

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v • d • e Psychiatry

Subspecialties	Behavioral medicine • Biological psychiatry • Child and adolescent psychiatry • Cross-cultural psychiatry • Emergency psychiatry • Forensic psychiatry • Geriatric psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Military psychiatry • Neuropsychiatry • Social psychiatry

Societies	American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology • American Psychiatric Association • Royal College of Psychiatrists

Related topics	Neuroimaging • Neurophysiology • Psychiatrist • Psychopharmacology • Psychosurgery • Psychotherapy

Lists	List of psychiatrists • List of figures in psychiatry • List of physicians • List of psychiatric medications • List of psychiatric medications by condition treated • List of neurological disorders • List of psychotherapies • List of counseling topics

v • d • e Nervous system physiology: neurophysiology

Evoked potential	Bereitschaftspotential · P300 · Auditory evoked potential · Somatosensory evoked potentials · Somatosensory evoked potentials · Visual evoked potential · Excitatory postsynaptic potential

Other	Arousal (Wakefulness) · Axoplasmic transport · Intracranial pressure · Chronaxie · Lateralization of brain function · Membrane potential · Action potential · Nerve regeneration · Long-term potentiation · Reflex · Sensation · Sleep · Neurotransmission · Memory

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