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  • noun The biological study of the nervous system.

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  • noun biology The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals.

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  • noun the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system

Etymologies

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neuro- +‎ biology

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Examples

  • We even met the adult child of blind parents who has a doctorate in neurobiology and who told me, "I know five kids with blind parents, and we all turned out ok."

    Rebecca Walker: Love is Blind Rebecca Walker 2010

  • We even met the adult child of blind parents who has a doctorate in neurobiology and who told me, "I know five kids with blind parents, and we all turned out ok."

    Rebecca Walker: Love is Blind Rebecca Walker 2010

  • We even met the adult child of blind parents who has a doctorate in neurobiology and who told me, "I know five kids with blind parents, and we all turned out ok."

    Rebecca Walker: Love is Blind Rebecca Walker 2010

  • By developing experimental models that integrate electrophysiology, neuropharmacology, molecular genetics, functional anatomy, and behavior, Wilson opens new avenues for exploring a central issue in neurobiology – how neural circuits are organized to sense and react to a complex environment.

    Women Scientist win MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships Peggy 2008

  • By developing experimental models that integrate electrophysiology, neuropharmacology, molecular genetics, functional anatomy, and behavior, Wilson opens new avenues for exploring a central issue in neurobiology – how neural circuits are organized to sense and react to a complex environment.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Peggy 2008

  • After returning to the U.S., she received the first doctorates in neurobiology from Harvard.

    Carla Schatz to Head the Stanford Bio-X Program Peggy 2007

  • After returning to the U.S., she received the first doctorates in neurobiology from Harvard.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Peggy 2007

  • At present, Joe is immersed in neurobiology and is currently a graduate student at

    H. Robert Horvitz - Autobiography 2003

  • In addition, I had my first experience in neurobiology at Columbia with Harry

    Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography 2001

  • As the end of my time at the NIH began to near, I examined postdoctoral fellowships in neurobiology but decided a residency in Neurology was a better route to developing a rewarding career in research.

    Stanley B. Prusiner - Autobiography 1998

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