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neurobiology

American  
[noor-oh-bahy-ol-uh-jee, nyoor-] / ˌnʊər oʊ baɪˈɒl ə dʒi, ˌnjʊər- /

noun

  1. the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.


neurobiology British  
/ ˌnjʊərəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the nervous system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of neurobiology

First recorded in 1905–10; neuro- + biology


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That view has changed, but the explanation for what’s actually transpiring in the patient’s neurobiology has been hard to pin down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Dr. Bohn, an internationally recognized expert in molecular pharmacology and neurobiology, recently joined USF Health.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

Gina Poe, a neurobiology professor in UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, said she feared that her decades of research into memory, sleep and post-traumatic stress syndrome were threatened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025

One of them — Dr. Jason D. Shepherd, an associate professor of neurobiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine — was skeptical that it is feasible to recreate an individual’s unique connectome.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

The giant axon of the Woods Hole squid became the apparatus for the creation of today's astonishing neurobiology.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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