neurodevelopment

American  

[noor-oh-di-vel-uhp-muhnt, nur-oh-di-vel-uhp-muhnt] / ˌnʊər oʊ dɪˈvɛl əp mənt, ˌnɜr oʊ dɪˈvɛl əp mənt /

noun

1. the development of the nervous system of an individual organism.

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Other Word Forms

• neurodevelopmental adjective
• neurodevelopmentally adverb

Example Sentences

The study, titled "Primate gut microbiota induce evolutionarily salient changes in mouse neurodevelopment," was published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

From Science Daily

Some neurodevelopment disorders arise from a difference in a single gene or chromosome.

From Los Angeles Times

Thyroid hormones supplied by the mother play an important role in fetal neurodevelopment.

From Science Daily

Genetic and proteomic data from the study showed that lead exposure in organoids with archaic gene variants disrupted multiple pathways tied to neurodevelopment, communication, and social behavior.

From Science Daily

They tested how lead affected two versions of a key developmental gene known as NOVA1, which regulates gene expression under lead exposure during neurodevelopment.

From Science Daily