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neurobiology
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neu·ro·bi·ol·o·gy  (nr-b-l-j, nyr-)
n.
The biological study of the nervous system or any part of it.

neuro·bio·logi·cal (-b-lj-kl) adj.
neuro·bi·olo·gist n.

neurobiology [ˌnjʊərəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Medicine) the study of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the nervous system
neurobiologist  n
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Noun1.neurobiology - the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
neuroscience - the scientific study of the nervous system
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neurobiology [ˌnjʊərəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ] Nneurobiología f


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Neurobiologists will direct you to the limbic system, a golf ball-shaped mass in the center of the brain that includes portions of the lobes of the cerebral cortex, the thalamus and the hypothalamus.
While we struggle and wait for voice activation to really work well enough to accurately record our words, computer scientists and neurobiologists are actually beginning to translate our thoughts (or more accurately, certain of the electrical signals contained within our thoughts) into action.
By transplanting brain tissue from specially bred rats into normal rats, neurobiologists have homed in on a brain region that can cause hypertension.
 
 
 
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