neurosciencen.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪəns/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊroʊˌsaɪəns/ Each of the sciences (as neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, etc.) concerned with the structure or function of the nervous system; such sciences collectively.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > study of nervous system > [noun]
neurology1670
neurography1738
nerve physiology1845
neurophysiology1859
neuromyologya1890
neuroanatomy1900
neuroendocrinology1922
neuroscience1944
neurochemistry1945
synaptology1962
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
connectomics2007
1944 Austin (Texas) Statesman 18 Aug. 4/2 This hospital has very fine specialists in the neuro-sciences; and has done remarkable work in nerve surgery and other treatment.
1960 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Aug. 1/3 A Melbourne man and his family will give £500,000 for a neuro-science institute at the Alfred Hospital in gratitude for treatment the man received at the hospital.
1970 Nature 5 Sept. 1006/1 During the past few years neuroscience, comprising the sciences of brain and behaviour, has been differentiating, integrating, regrouping.
1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 1151/3 It will transform the established neuro-sciences until they become increasingly able to comprehend the problems of behaviour, possibly even of mind.
1995 Psychol. Today Jan.–Feb. 48/1 One of the most exciting advances in neuroscience may lie ahead as researchers begin to actually model the living brain on the computer—creating a new era of artificial intelligence called neural networks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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