neurophysiologyn.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)fɪzɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌfɪziˈɑlədʒi/ Biology.
The physiology of the nervous system; the branch of science dealing with this.
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neurology1670
neurography1738
nerve physiology1845
neurophysiology1859
neuromyologya1890
neuroanatomy1900
neuroendocrinology1922
neuroscience1944
neurochemistry1945
synaptology1962
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
connectomics2007
1859 Proc. Royal Soc. 1857–9 9 55 Dr. Hall's further researches and later views in Neuro-physiology are to be found chiefly in his ‘New Memoir on the Nervous System,’ 1843, and his ‘Synopsis of the Diastaltic Nervous System’.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. vii. 142 The truths of Neuro-physiology..set down in the foregoing chapters.
1928 Science 13 Jan. 43/2 Whatever the interpretation through further study may prove to be, we have in this concept of the rate of conduction through a central arc, a new approach to the neuro-physiology of intelligence or mental alertness.
1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 407 The neurophysiology of the starfish tube foot/ampulla system has been examined by Kerkut.
1988 Lit. & Ling. Computing 3 280 (advt.) This book brings the perspectives of neurophysiology, cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence to bear on a study of language.
1999 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld xl. 285 However, neurophysiology and culture aren't independent: they are ‘complicit’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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