neuroscience

noun

neu·​ro·​sci·​ence ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s How to pronounce neuroscience (audio)
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: a branch (such as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning
neuroscientific adjective
neuroscientist noun

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Benjamin Deneen, the paper’s lead author, tells Popular Science that in the early days of neuroscience, research tended to focus on neurons, treating other cells as relatively unimportant support structures. Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024 Helen Thomson is a writer and author with a BSc in neuroscience from the University of Bristol and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. Condé Nast, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024 Once the idea was in place, the next step was getting Hannah Telle to agree to come back to voice her character — a task that could have proved quite difficult, seeing as Telle had left showbiz to study neuroscience. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024 The big picture: The drug is part of a focus that's made neuroscience one of the pharmaceutical industry's fastest-growing market segments and prompted Bristol Myers to buy the drug's developer, Karuna Therapeutics, for $14 billion late last year. Maya Goldman, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for neuroscience 

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of neuroscience was in 1963

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“Neuroscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuroscience. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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neuroscience

noun
neu·​ro·​sci·​ence ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s How to pronounce neuroscience (audio)
: a branch (as neurophysiology) of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning
neuroscientific adjective

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