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
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She suffers from a neural disorder.
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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.
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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
Scientists have speculated that everything from shifts in core body temperature to hormones to neural activation could be responsible for this morning-to-afternoon variation.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Looking through their data, the team concluded that describing these patterns as neural 'barcodes' seemed fitting.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
In February, Dell Technologies announced its first line of Latitude AI PCs, which look like normal computers but include a tiny component called a neural processor, the key to enabling generative AI workloads.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
The surgical robot was created specifically to embed the implant and its 64 ultra-thin flexible connected threads upon which are 1,024 electrodes that record neural activity.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
The implant is around the size of a coin and has 64 ultra-thin connected threads upon which 1,024 electrodes record neural activity.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
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
Scientists have speculated that everything from shifts in core body temperature to hormones to neural activation could be responsible for this morning-to-afternoon variation.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Looking through their data, the team concluded that describing these patterns as neural 'barcodes' seemed fitting.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
In February, Dell Technologies announced its first line of Latitude AI PCs, which look like normal computers but include a tiny component called a neural processor, the key to enabling generative AI workloads.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
The surgical robot was created specifically to embed the implant and its 64 ultra-thin flexible connected threads upon which are 1,024 electrodes that record neural activity.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
The implant is around the size of a coin and has 64 ultra-thin connected threads upon which 1,024 electrodes record neural activity.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 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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