neural

[noor-uhl, nyoor-]

adjective

1. of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.

neural

/ ˈnjʊərəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system

neural

1. Relating to the nerves or nervous system.

Other Word Forms

• neurally adverb
• interneural adjective
• nonneural adjective
• postneural adjective
• preneural adjective
• subneural adjective
• unneural adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of neural¹

First recorded in 1830–40; neur- + -al ¹

Example Sentences

"While puberty offers a clear start, the end of adolescence is much harder to pin down scientifically. Based purely on neural architecture, we found that adolescent-like changes in brain structure end around the early thirties."

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When the team examined the transmitted information and neural activity, several consistent patterns emerged.

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This design allowed the researchers to see whether the brain reused the same neural patterns, or cognitive building blocks, whenever tasks shared certain features.

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"All neuropsychiatric disorders show fluctuations in symptom severity over hormonal states, suggesting that a better understanding of how hormones influence neural circuits might reveal what causes these diseases," notes Constantinople.

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It allows them to track how damage moves through neural circuits and to investigate processes involved in cognition and consciousness.

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