neurochemistry
noun
neu·ro·chem·is·try
ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈke-mə-strē 
ˌnyu̇r-
1
: the study of the chemical makeup and activities of nervous tissue
2
: chemical processes and phenomena related to the nervous system
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Latent cysts have been shown to cause structural changes in the brain as well as alterations in hormones and neurochemistry.
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Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
Psychiatrists who had previously embraced psychodynamic training were increasingly drawn to the fields of genetics and neurochemistry, and academic psychologists, who had always been skeptical, began further distancing themselves from Freudian theory.
—Gillian Silverman, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
The research happening today, which focuses on the neurochemistry of music and the body, veers away from this sexist ideology.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
He’s traveled the world and searched the historical annals to present the story of alcohol, from the life cycle of yeast to the neurochemistry of a hangover.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2014
Weinshenker agrees that moderate exercise can change the neurochemistry in our brains and says any aerobic exercise that gets your heart rate up can be beneficial for stress resilience.
—Kelyn Soong, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
The fact that experience may be reducible to fundamental physical phenomena, or just neurochemistry, tells us nothing very interesting or valuable about the quality of that subjective experience.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2013
Whether the direction of our species should be measured by the neurochemistry of a single rock star, Crosby probably wasn’t surprised by how America’s fate had shaken out.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
They were demonstrated five years ago (here) using fMRI in humans; over 10 years ago it was shown that a single dose of SSRI affects neurochemistry in rodents (here).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2014
Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
Psychiatrists who had previously embraced psychodynamic training were increasingly drawn to the fields of genetics and neurochemistry, and academic psychologists, who had always been skeptical, began further distancing themselves from Freudian theory.
—Gillian Silverman, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
The research happening today, which focuses on the neurochemistry of music and the body, veers away from this sexist ideology.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
He’s traveled the world and searched the historical annals to present the story of alcohol, from the life cycle of yeast to the neurochemistry of a hangover.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2014
Weinshenker agrees that moderate exercise can change the neurochemistry in our brains and says any aerobic exercise that gets your heart rate up can be beneficial for stress resilience.
—Kelyn Soong, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
The fact that experience may be reducible to fundamental physical phenomena, or just neurochemistry, tells us nothing very interesting or valuable about the quality of that subjective experience.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2013
Whether the direction of our species should be measured by the neurochemistry of a single rock star, Crosby probably wasn’t surprised by how America’s fate had shaken out.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
They were demonstrated five years ago (here) using fMRI in humans; over 10 years ago it was shown that a single dose of SSRI affects neurochemistry in rodents (here).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2014
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1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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neurochemistry
noun
neu·ro·chem·is·try
-ˈkem-ə-strē
plural neurochemistries
1
: the study of the chemical makeup and activities of nervous tissue
2
: chemical processes and phenomena related to the nervous system
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