Developmental neuroscience aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to address the underlying mechanisms.
The field draws on both neuroscience and developmental biology to provide insight into the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which complex nervous systems develop.
It is an umbrella term, encompassing a number of areas of study concerned with how nerve cells behave when connected together to form neural networks.
The second approach attempts to clarify neuroscientific results using the conceptual rigor and methods of philosophy of science.
It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems.