Neuroscience is inherently interdisciplinary in its quest to explain the brain. Like all biological structures, the brain operates at multiple levels, from nano-scale molecules to meter-scale systems. Here, I argue that understanding the nano-scale organization of the brain is not only helpful for insight into its function, but is a requisite for such insight. I propose that one impediment to a better understanding of the brain is that most of its molecular processes are incompletely understood, and suggest a number of key questions that require our attention so that progress can be achieved in neuroscience beyond a description of the activity of neural circuits.

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21世纪的分子神经科学：个人观点。

神经科学在解释大脑方面天生就具有交叉学科。像所有生物结构一样，大脑在从纳米级分子到米级系统的多个层次上运作。在这里，我认为了解大脑的纳米级组织不仅有助于洞察其功能，而且是进行这种洞察的必要条件。我认为，阻碍人们更好地理解大脑的一个障碍是其大部分分子过程尚未被完全理解，并提出了许多需要我们关注的关键问题，以便在描述神经活动之外的神经科学领域取得进展。电路。