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Welcome to WikiProject Neuroscience, a project that aims to create and improve all Wikimedia neuroscience and brain-related resources. Welcome also Society for Neuroscience members! Please see here for information on how to get started.

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Aims

Comprehensive, Understandable, Accurate

The goal of this project is to help Wikimedia provide comprehensive, understandable, and accurate resources on neuroscience-related topics. We aim to ensure that all neuroscience-related articles on Wikipedia are clear, well-referenced, and include proper use of media, and that all neuroscience-related resources on other Wikimedia projects are comprehensive. The end product should be resources with in-depth, qualitative information that are accessible enough to be encyclopedia articles but well-referenced enough for academic use.

To fulfill these aims, the project will initially focus on articles covering broad ideas and concepts. The project will then develop more detailed, specific articles as well as other types of resources. This top-down approach will allow Wikipedia to serve immediately as a useful resource that becomes more detailed over time, with other Wikimedia projects following suit.

This project's approach is to cover the brain from a cross-species, multidisciplinary perspective. This should provide detailed information about the distinct differences between species, and explain some possible evolutionary/ecological reasons for such differences. We aim to integrate information from the cellular/molecular level all the way up to the cognitive/clinical level.

The history of neuroscience will also be an area of focus. The progress of theories and ideas is important to understanding current scientific thinking. This includes "History" sections in articles, biography articles, articles on refuted theories, and articles about historical institutions. For people interested specifically in contributing to the history of neuroscience content, visit this page.

Simplicity and depth

Basic questions should have simple answers. A major goal of this project is to ensure that neuroscience resources are not only comprehensive enough for a specialist, but should be engagingly presented and simple enough for laymen and children alike.

Areas of coverage

WikiProject Neuroscience assessment statistics
Neuroscience articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 3 6 1 13
FL 1 1
GA 4 10 10 15 39
B 26 101 126 183 9 445
C 22 141 352 718 2 43 1,278
Start 8 48 367 1,112 2 265 1,802
Stub 2 101 493 151 747
List 1 3 9 17 4 34
Category 686 686
Disambig 4 4
Project 9 9
Template 43 43
NA 4 49 55 359 467
Other 67 67
Assessed 64 312 1,020 2,595 1,172 472 5,635
Unassessed 12 12
Total 64 312 1,020 2,595 1,172 484 5,647
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 20,023 Ω = 4.63

worklist • log • category

The following is a list of areas which this project hopes to cover. There will, no doubt, be overlap with existing and related projects but this can only help.
(Statistics on most-viewed neuroscience pages.)

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Neuroscience

Wikipedia

Wikiversity

How you can help

Anybody can help! Some things to do include:

  1. Identify target articles-particularly covering fundamental concepts and ideas.
  2. Improve and discuss the proposed structures of articles.
  3. Improve articles yourself!
  4. Assess article quality and article importance in relation to neuroscience (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Neuroscience/Assessment)
  5. Leave comments on the WikiProject Neuroscience talk page for feedback.
  6. Upload images related to neuroscience
    • Our greatest need at the moment is for images, such as photos, figures, or drawings, that convey scientifically important messages. We currently lack good illustrations for many of the most basic concepts in neuroscience; for example, we don't have a good electron micrograph of an ordinary synapse. If you are the owner of any graphics that might be useful, and are willing to make them available under a license that makes them usable in Wikipedia (you can require attribution, but can't forbid commercial use or modification), please donate them to Wikimedia Commons. Artistic merit is always nice, but scientific value is more important. Image donations will be very much appreciated even if you don't make any other contribution to Wikimedia. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on the WikiProject Neuroscience talk page.

Focus articles

This section lists relatively complete articles which are fundamental to neuroscience which should be worked on to meet Featured Article criteria. This section emphasizes the general before the specific.

Lists of other content to work on include:

Participants

To add yourself to this list, please edit this page and follow the instructions, taking care to maintain alphabetical order.

  1. Achaea (talk) 20:25, 27 December 2019 (UTC); Neuroscience PhD student studying place cell in hippocampus.
  2. Aeffenberger (contribs); PhD student studying neurodegenerative diseases. Interested in neuroimmunology.
  3. BillO'Slatter (talk); Survivor of many tertiary courses.
  4. Brad English; Aspiring neural engineer currently taking Human Physiology, Bioinformatics, Programmed Cell Death and Medical Neuroscience at Coursera.org. On a quest to discern whether or not biological immortality is obtainable within my lifetime.
  5. Claire; Brain bee competitor, working at the crossroads of computer science and neuroscience (especially artificial intelligence).
  6. CFCF (contribs); Medical student and cognitive science student.
  7. CopperKettle (contribs); Just an amateur, interested in psychiatry and neuroscience, more specifically - in the brain development (Reelin pathway) and the mechanisms of schizophrenia. I try to contribute both to Russian and English wikipedias. --CopperKettle 06:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  8. Correogsk or Gustavo (Editrocito or Heme aquí) 23:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC) Psychologist and translator interested in neuroscience of sleep (mainly insomnia).
  9. DaringDonna (talk); Interested layperson
  10. Dikang13(talk); PhD in Neuroscience. Thesis: State-dependent properties of brain-wide activity in freely behaving C. elegans.
  11. delldot (contribs); I'm working on an undergraduate thesis on excitotoxicity in traumatic brain injury and I'm interested in contributing to articles related to those and other topics.
  12. Famousdog (talk); BSc in Psychology, PhD in vision science.
  13. HC226 Interested hs student, so far only taken courses (Harvard, University of Toronto) and worked at psychiatric hospital.
  14. Ion Soggo (contribs); PhD in Neuroscience (1993), M.Sc. in Biophysics (1984).
  15. Irltoad (talk); PhD candidate in computational neuroscience and neurotechnology for decision making.
  16. Iztwoz (contribs)
  17. Kku (talk) (contribs) Ph.D. in Physiology. Thesis on EEG, neuroscience and cybernetics, biopsychology.
  18. Laboz125 (talk) Bsc in chemistry, currently pursuing a master's degree in neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology. I am interested in the neuroscience of addiction, anxiety, and depression.
  19. User:Lavendr (talk) Amateur neuroscience enthusiast and beginner editor. Willing to do copy edits and anything based on tone and style.
  20. Laurenschneider210 (talk) Science communicator with a bachelors degree in neuroscience and research experience in neurodegeneration.
  21. Mark viking (talk); (contribs;) I did a postdoc in computational neuroscience and machine learning. I have interests in neurophysics and neurogenetics, too.
  22. Michael Naunton (contribs) Compsci/AI, now focused on the hippocampus/medial entrorhinal cortex.
  23. MPascale (contribs) PhD Student in cognitive neuroscience and psychology: Intrinsic motives, curiosity, information-seeking, exploration.
  24. N3uro5sci (contribs); "PhD student in neuroscience."
  25. Neurogeek (contribs); "PhD, 2006; Occasional editor."
  26. Neurofreak (contribs); "Graduate student; Master's in Clinical Neuroscience."
  27. Oldak Quill (contribs); "A neuroscience undergraduate with a wide range of interests within and without neuroscience. My interests cover a wide range within the field: neuroanatomy, cognitive neuroscience, neuropathology and so-called "neurophilosophy" (including future studies considering arifical intelligence and brain-computer interfacing). I am, apart from this, a general Wiki(pedia) enthusiast and will thus also hope to improve the prose and structure of articles as well as their referencing and scientific worth".
  28. Paul Wicks (contribs); Postdoc in Parkinson's disease, PhD on motor neuron disease. Trained in psychology, specialise in neurodegenerative movement disorders, more of a neuropsychologist really.
  29. PeaceBoA (contribs); Neurologist/researcher, have an interest in neurology, dysautonomia and multiple system atrophy.
  30. Revanchist317 (talk); Undergrad, main interest in circadian neuroscience and methods development (optogenetics)
  31. Saintlosermisery; PhD candidate in cognitive neuroscience with a research focus on changes in functional connectivity in aging and Alzheimer Disease.
  32. Sallison (contribs); neurology and affective neuroscience.
  33. SJTatsu (talk) 17:31, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  34. Tea with toast (talk); Neuropharmacology
  35. Teemu08 (contribs); I'm a junior at the UIUC focusing on neuroimaging. I also have major depression, so I research that a lot as well.
  36. Tryptofish (contribs); Ph.D. biochemistry, many years tenured faculty in pharmacology and neuroscience, expertise in ion channels, happy to help with copyediting.
  37. TSEliotNess (talk) dedicated to my esteemed murine colleagues
  38. Tycho (contribs)
  39. Vaughan (contribs); Good to see the group becoming active. I look forward to reading (and editing!) the results...
  40. Vuara (talk) Researcher in Neuroscience of Human Consciousness, Qualia.
  41. Biologo-in-erba
  42. Inabox9 (talk) PhD student in vestibular neuroscience.

Inactive participants

Participants inactive for one year or more. If you resume activity, please feel free to move your listing back up!

  1. AFriedman (talk) (contribs) I am a researcher who operates an open-access laboratory on Wikiversity.
  2. Agoodmintality; research technician in a lab working on new genetically encoded calcium sensors.
  3. Alan Cone (contribs); BS Biology and Neuroscience, currently a graduate student pursuing a PhD in Biology with a focus in Neuroscience. Working towards being a full-time Neuroscience Researcher and Professor.
  4. Alex Tan (contribs); A medical officer currently working emergency department shifts - will do copyedits and basic checks for correctness and consistency.
  5. Amygdalian; Neuroscientist now working in science administration / management
  6. Andorin (contribs); (Soon to be) Grad Student in mathematics. Interested in dendritic computation, neurodynamics, parameter estimation and mean field theories. Will do what I can, when I can.
  7. Anjely9 (contribs); BS Neuroscience, grad student pursuing PhD in Neuroscience
  8. Arcadian (contribs); BS computers and psychology, MS computers, currently med student
  9. Benjamin Svejgaard; Grad student, pursuing MD and BSc in Cognitive Psychology. New to Wikipedia, eager to contribute.
  10. Brainist (talk); Medical student interested in anything related to the brain.
  11. BrianMSweis (contribs); BS Biology & Psychology, minors in Neuroscience & Philosophy expected in 2012, pursuing M.D./Ph.D. in Neuroscience beginning Fall 2012.
  12. CatherineGCC (talk) Undergraduate Neuroscience student at Rice University
  13. Cffisac (talk); PhD student working in neural engineering.
  14. CyberTroopers (talk) 07:11, 22 October 2020 (UTC) : Medical students who are interested in everything related to the brain - anatomy, physiology, psychology, disease, medicine etc (mostly brain surgery). Founder of WikiProject Medicine in Malay Wikipedia. Interested in becoming a brain surgeon.
  15. Constantine Michailidis (contribs); Medical student interested in Applied Neuroscience and Brain-Computer Interfacing.
  16. Crusio (talk); I'm a behavioral neurogeneticist.
  17. D15724C710N (talk) (contribs); Neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and psychology are my main interests, though my background is in computer science.
  18. Dailysampler (talk); Currently studying a BSc Medical Science. Also a volunteer research assistant in computational neuroscience.
  19. danielkueh (talk) I study neural development.
  20. David Adler(contribs) BSc Neuroscience undergraduate student with previous laboratory experience and an interest in computing
  21. David Iberri (contribs); I'm a grad student in physiology and make most of my neuroscience edits while studying for exams.
  22. DemonicPartyHat talk; Student interested in medicine, pharmacology, and neuroscience. Future MD, MPH, possibly also with an MS in neuroscience.
  23. Devon Ryan (contribs); I'm a grad student working on a novel Kir channel and a periodic paralytic disorder. I'll be making a lot of edits to the relevant pages.
  24. Di4gram (talk) BSc Psychology, minor biology, academic focus on behavioral neuroscience and hoping to enter graduate school next year. Finishing my Honours thesis on fear conditioning and the impact it has on social behavior in Zebrafish because rats are too expensive for undergrads. Specific interest in NMDA antagonism and hippocampal neuroplasticity, as well as translational neuroscience. 22:48, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
  25. Didiogiorgio (contribs); I am a PhD student focused on computational neuroscience, I am willing to help updating references and adding new concepts I find from new articles.
  26. Dr.Ashlesh.P (talk) (contribs); I am Physiologist with special interest in cognitive neurosciences.
  27. Dr Peter James Chisholm (Talk to me about anything) 13:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC) B Med Sc in impulsivity, MBBS, broad general expereince, significant experience in infectious diseases, addiction and ADHD specialist effectively if my countries medical system allowed me to prescribe, which is currently under legal consideration. --Dr Peter James Chisholm (Have a chat, I think quite laterally) 13:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
  28. Ed Hubbard (contribs); Experimental psychologist/cognitive scientist (PhD, 2004). My research uses fMRI to explore high level perception, numerical cognition and synesthesia.
  29. Falk; master student in computational neuroscience at ETH Zurich.
  30. Fernandahansen (talk); --> BSc in Medical Physics, PhD candidate in Translational Medicine/Neuroscience.
  31. Fu Hung Shiu; Underg georgia tech student. Hopefully can contribute to wikipedia
  32. Hypoplectrus (contribs) M.D., interested in consciousness, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychiatry
  33. Jean-Francois Gariepy (contribs); Ph. D. candidate in neurological sciences at the Université de Montréal, I'm mainly interested in contributing to History of Neuroscience.
  34. JeremyA (contribs)
  35. Jim Schwoebel (talk); BS in Biomedical Engineering - Georgia Tech. Working on a wikipedia article related to microsleeps Fall 2013.
  36. John Schmidt (contribs); "I just noticed this project. Thanks for a good excuse for me to pay more attention to neuro articles. I have a special interest in learning and memory".
  37. JonathanWilliford (talk) (contribs); BS and (Almost) MS in Computer Science with focus on Machine Learning. (Soon to be) PhD Student in Neuroscience.
  38. Kathryn Thomas (contribs); BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
  39. Kenneth Ricciardi; Hospital Teacher in Neuroradiology, Expert in Diffusion tensor Tractography, with special interest in Corticospinal Tract and presurgical planning.
  40. Kernsters (contribs) Expanding neuroscience-related resources on both wikipedia and wikiversity
  41. Keziah Chow; Undergrad student in Neuroscience and Biochemistry interested in neural plasticity and its role in memory, learning, and human psychological development, especially in children.
  42. Kim van der Linde Post-doc in neurobiology, specifically relation between circadian clock, neuroanatomy and circadian modulation of alcohol sensitivity.
  43. Lenov (talk) (contribs); Ph.D. specializing in computational neurobiology, synaptic plasticity, addiction.
  44. Looie496 (talk) (contribs); Ph.D. specializing in computational neuroscience of learning and memory.
  45. MTHarden (talk); (contribs;)PhD Candidate in behavioral neuroscience interested in expanding coverage of animal models in the behavioral sciences.
  46. Mysteriumen (talk contribs); Student of Pharmacy
  47. Nrets (contribs); "My main area of specialization is cellular neuroscience and electrophysiology."
  48. Phineas G. (contribs); Grad student studying development of the cortex.
  49. PhonologicalLooper (talk) 21:01, 29 November 2022 (UTC)PhonologicalLooper ; neuropsych. student interested in dementia and related disease
  50. Prof. Dr. Neuroscientist; University professor
  51. Pushpa Ramakrishnan (talk) 06:25, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Pushpa Ramakrishnan
  52. Quasihuman (contribs); Undergraduate student in neuroscience. Can help with drawing diagrams, copy editing, etc. Broad interests.
  53. R500Mom (talk) (contribs); Mom to 4 year old identical twins with super rare Niemann Pick Type C, often called the "Childhood Alzheimer's." Speak daily with many neuroscientists and need help to get their info. onto Wikipedia.
  54. RaptorChief (talk) (contribs)
  55. razorbelle (talk) (contribs)
  56. Renaissancee (contribs) Layperson
  57. Rhegium (contribs) Hopefully a soon-to-be Ph.D. student in neuroscience. I am particularly interested in molecular neuroscience.
  58. Richard☺Decal (talk); Computational neuroscientist.
  59. Roy Stanley (contribs); works on bioregenerate neuroscience and chemical regenerate articles. student of biogerentology.
  60. Saintfevrier(talk) Electrical engineer with interest in medicine and neuroscience. Attending a Medical Neuroscience MOOC and translating neuroscience Wikidata items to Greek along the way.
  61. Schnoupiadis21 (talk · contribs) PhD student working on early visual processing in mice
  62. ScholarBlue (contribs); Biomedical scientist specialising in neuroscience, with an interest in the aetiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, psychiatric disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases; particularly Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.
  63. Selket (contribs); Doctoral student in neuroscience. Thesis focus on proprioception and BMIs.
  64. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢);
  65. Shari Garland (talk) 22:18, 8 February 2022 (UTC) - translator.
  66. Shashank Reddy.P {contribs} Im a student pursuing my Bachelors in Pharmacy
  67. Shirleybayer {contribs} I am a retired Professor with a research specialty in developmental neuroscience at the cell, tissue, and organ level. I have done extensive work in rat brain development and human brain development.
  68. Shushruth (contribs); Graduate student in visual neuroscience. Created the Neuroscience Portal and maintain it as schedule permits.
  69. SR (contribs) Graduate student working towards PhDs in clinical neuropsychology & neuroscience. Focus on cortical & subcortical language networks, white matter, and aging.
  70. Skiingmalamute (talk) 03:36, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
  71. SkrikerandTrash (talk): Trained in veterinary science with a specialty in behavior, as well as in machine learning.
  72. Srobodao84; Clinical, graduate student, researcher; topics body image, body image disturbance, interoception.
  73. Subkot (talk)
  74. The.Filsouf (talk) (contribs) Cognitive Neuroscientist, various interests.
  75. TjeerdB (talk) (contribs); PhD in human movement science. Thesis on neural dynamics of motor control.
  76. Travza (talk) Undergraduate psychology student with a minor in biology.
  77. WikiEditCrunch (contribs); Interested in general Neuroscience and Neurochemistry.
  78. Wojder (talk) (contribs) MD, PhD specialized in: neurology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology.
  79. Xttina.Garnet (contribs) I am neuroscience master's student.
  80. Xurtio (contribs); B.S. physics, theoretical neuroscience grad student, neurodynamic research.
  81. Yileying (talk) (contribs) Biophysics student, doing a neuronscience project at the moment.
  82. Yuniebear (contribs) B.S in Neuroscience

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