Neurochemistry

Neurochemistry is the study of chemicals, including neurotransmitters and other molecules such as psychopharmaceuticals and neuropeptides, that control and influence the physiology of the nervous system. This particular field within neuroscience examines how neurochemicals influence the operation of neurons, synapses, and neural networks. While there is no fundamental dynamic theory^[1] of neurochemistry,^[2] neurochemists analyze the biochemistry and molecular biology of organic compounds in the nervous (non-equilibrium thermodynamics) system, and their roles in such neural processes including cortical plasticity, neurogenesis, and neural differentiation.