outline of brain mapping outline of brain mapping the following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to brain mapping: brain mapping – set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps. brain mapping is further defined as the study of the anatomy and function of the brain and spinal cord through the use of imaging (including intra-operative, microscopic, endoscopic and multi-modality imaging), immunohistochemistry, molecular and optogenetics, stem cell and cellular biology, engineering (material, electrical and biomedical), neurophysiology and nanotechnology. broad scope history of neuroscience history of neurology brain mapping human brain neuroscience nervous system. the neuron doctrine neuron doctrine – a set of carefully constructed elementary set of observations regarding neurons. for more granularity, more current, and more advanced topics, see the cellular level section asserts that neurons fall under the broader cell theory, which postulates: all living organisms are composed of one or more cells. the cell is the basic unit of structure, function, and organization in all organisms. all cells come from preexisting, living cells. the neuron doctrine postulates several elementary aspects of neurons: the brain is made up of individual cells (neurons) that contain specialized features such as dendrites, a cell body, and an axon. neurons are cells differentiable from other tissues in the body. neurons differ in size, shape, and structure according to their location or functional specialization. every neuron has a nucleus, which is the trophic center of the cell (the part which must have access to nutrition). if the cell is divided, only the portion containing the nucleus will survive. nerve fibers are the result of cell processes and the outgrowths of nerve cells. (several axons are bound together to form one nerve fibril.