Neurophysiology (from
Greek ,
neuron, "nerve"; φύσις,
physis, "nature, origin"; and -λογία, ) is a branch of
physiology and
neuroscience that is concerned with the study of the functioning of the
nervous system. The primary tools of basic neurophysiological research include
electrophysiological recordings, such as
patch clamp,
voltage clamp,
extracellular single-unit recording and recording of
local field potentials, as well as some of the methods of
calcium imaging,
optogenetics, and
molecular biology.
