neuropharmacology
noun
the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
neuropharmacologist
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a word derived from
neuropharmacology.
Example Sentences
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A growing number of researchers see a promising alternative in microbe-based treatments, or “psychobiotics,” a term coined by neuropharmacologist John Cryan and psychiatrist Ted Dinan, both at University College Cork.
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2020
One of the work’s senior authors, David Nutt, a respected neuropharmacologist, was quoted as saying “This is to neuroscience what the Higgs boson was to particle physics.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2016
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2015
Genetic neuropharmacologist Uwe Rudolph at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, uses molecular genetics to test whether benzodiazepine's various effects — anxiety relief, sedation and sleep induction — are exerted through specific receptor subtypes.
From Nature ● May 22, 2013
Christoph Anacker, a neuropharmacologist at King's College London, agrees that the findings are important for drug discovery.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2013
