Behavioral Neuroscience

About This Major

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and psychological functioning, and their application to experimental and therapeutic research problems. Includes instruction in functional neuroanatomy, neural system development, biochemical neural regulatory mechanisms, neurological biophysics, memory storage and retrieval, physiology of cognition and perception, physiological bases of psychopathology and behavioral disorders, psychopharmacology, comparative psychobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, and specialized experimental design and research methods.

Program Examples

• Physiological Psychology
• Psychobiology

Related CIP Codes

• 30.1701
• Behavioral Sciences., 26.1501
• Neuroscience., 30.1001
• Biopsychology., 26.1504
• Neurobiology and Behavior