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neuron
a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses |
Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease when he was 21 and has been confined to a wheelchair for decades.
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neural
of or relating to the nervous system |
A couple of months ago, it was a color-changing dress that blew out the neural circuits of the Internet.
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neuralgia
acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves |
One draught of deep, hearty laughter has been known to effect an immediate cure of such nervous disorders, especially neuralgia, hysteria, and insomnia.
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neuritis
inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function |
In a certain number of cases traumatic neuritis has resulted in serious disability of the limb.
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neurosis
a mental illness that makes you behave in an unusual way |
Ouija boards and black cats are way down the list of neuroses I suffer from.
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neurotic
affected with emotional disorder |
It assessed the Nazi leader to be a neurotic psychopath, and correctly predicted he would never capitulate, choosing instead to commit suicide.
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neurasthenia
nervous breakdown (not in technical use) |
They easily become victims of insomnia, neurasthenia, hypochondria, neuroticism, hysteria, or insanity.
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neurology
(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders |
But they don’t help enhance cognition in everyone and might worsen it in some, according to the American Academy of Neurology.
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neurobiology
the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system |
Our experience of loving touch is also deeply influenced by neurobiology.
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neuroanatomy
the anatomy of the nervous system |
Conventional neuroanatomy approaches also paid off with the completion of BigBrain, the first fine-scale, three-dimensional atlas of a human brain.
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neurotransmitter
a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse |
For example, the gut microbiota influences the body’s level of the potent neurotransmitter serotonin, which regulates feelings of happiness.
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neurotoxin
any toxin that affects neural tissues |
Our environment is full of neurotoxins that can interfere with the genes, proteins and small molecules that build and maintain our brains.
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neurotropic
(of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially |
In animal studies, exercise improved symptoms and increased the level of brain-derived neurotropic factor, a chemical that protects cells.
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