neurobiology
noun
neu·ro·bi·ol·o·gy
ˌnu̇r-ō-bī-ˈä-lə-jē 
ˌnyu̇r-
: a branch of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system
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Dating apps might be leveraging neurobiology in ways our evolutionary systems aren't built to withstand, with real consequences for emotional resilience and psychological well-being.
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Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But Ginty, who heads the neurobiology department at Harvard Medical School, has been studying this quirky cast of characters — the sensory neurons of touch — for more than two decades, and has gotten to know them better than anyone else ever has.
—Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
William Wright—a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego’s neurobiology faculty and one of the Science paper’s co-authors—explains that there must be some degree of determinism to the way neuroplasticity plays out.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
The neurobiology laboratory of David Corey, a Harvard Medical School professor who has spent forty years studying hearing, works on gene therapies for children who are born deaf.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But Ginty, who heads the neurobiology department at Harvard Medical School, has been studying this quirky cast of characters — the sensory neurons of touch — for more than two decades, and has gotten to know them better than anyone else ever has.
—Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
William Wright—a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego’s neurobiology faculty and one of the Science paper’s co-authors—explains that there must be some degree of determinism to the way neuroplasticity plays out.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
The neurobiology laboratory of David Corey, a Harvard Medical School professor who has spent forty years studying hearing, works on gene therapies for children who are born deaf.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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neurobiology
noun
neu·ro·bi·ol·o·gy
-bī-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural neurobiologies
: a branch of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system
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