What is a neuro scientist?

Answer 1

A neuroscientist is a type of biological scientist that specializes in studying the brain. This has a LOT of subcategories, so really a neuroscientist is an umbrella term for professions such as structural neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, etc.. Neuroscientists tend to be research oriented, whereas neurologists are the clinical doctor side of this profession. Although, to my knowledge, there is cross over. For example, a clinical neuropsychologist does both research and/or work with doctors for diagnosis of patients with brain trauma or disease. Anyhow, to sum it up, these scientists study the function and structure of the brain, how it works, what affects it, what causes defects, etc.. They use anything from cells to animal models to human brain imaging to do this research. They have provided us with most of what we know about the brain.