title: Neuroscience: breaking down scientific barriers to the study of brain and mind.
abstract: In this month's essay, Eric R. Kandel and Larry R. Squire chronicle how brain research has migrated from the peripheries of biology and psychology to assume a central position within those disciplines. The multidiscipline of neuroscience that emerged from this process now ranges from genes to cognition, from molecules to minds.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Kandel
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Squire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D003071:Cognition; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000266:history; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history; D009435:Synaptic Transmission