neuroscience
nounEtymology From neuro- + science.
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Usually The scientific study of the nervous system.
- Meronym: brain science
- Near-synonym: neurobiology
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- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
- Derived terms
- computational neuroscience
- Related terms
- bioscience, biology, neuroimaging, neuroimplant, neuromyths, neurorights, neuroscientist, neurosurgery, neurotechnology