1
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
2
: situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : dorsal
Examples of neural in a Sentence
She suffers from a neural disorder.
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The Foundation claims those companies provide meaningful limitations to neural data access.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
The coin-sized implant reads neural activity from 1,024 electrodes distributed across 64 threads.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
The new law extends to biological and neural data the same protections granted under the Colorado Privacy Act to fingerprints, facial images and other sensitive, biometric data.
—Jonathan Moens, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
However, the specific neural activity in the hippocampus that encodes memories has eluded scientists.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Studies have shown that supplementing choline chloride during pregnancy can benefit the neural development and outcome of the baby.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Once those neural centers are located, doctors might use deep brain stimulation — like a pacemaker for the brain — to block the abnormal signals that cause vocal spasms.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Over the decades, neuroscientists developed a detailed understanding of how the cerebellum’s unique neural circuitry controls motor function.
—R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2024
These chips have an onboard neural processing unit (NPU) for handling local AI tasks, even if the use cases for this are still thin on the ground for now.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
The coin-sized implant reads neural activity from 1,024 electrodes distributed across 64 threads.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
The new law extends to biological and neural data the same protections granted under the Colorado Privacy Act to fingerprints, facial images and other sensitive, biometric data.
—Jonathan Moens, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
However, the specific neural activity in the hippocampus that encodes memories has eluded scientists.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Studies have shown that supplementing choline chloride during pregnancy can benefit the neural development and outcome of the baby.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Once those neural centers are located, doctors might use deep brain stimulation — like a pacemaker for the brain — to block the abnormal signals that cause vocal spasms.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Over the decades, neuroscientists developed a detailed understanding of how the cerebellum’s unique neural circuitry controls motor function.
—R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2024
These chips have an onboard neural processing unit (NPU) for handling local AI tasks, even if the use cases for this are still thin on the ground for now.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Neural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl 
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
Medical Definition
neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl
1
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
2
: situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : dorsal compare hemal sense 2
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