neuroscience
noun
neu·ro·sci·ence
ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 
ˌnyu̇r-
: a branch (such as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning
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Lee Miller, a professor of neuroscience and rehabilitative medicine at Northwestern University, described the difficulties of working with the brain.
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Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Now, as a professor of neuroscience at New York University, Buzsáki has moved on from radio waves to brain waves to ask: How does the brain decide what to remember?
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2024
Opened in 2019, the local facility housed Takeda Ventures, a research and development site that focused on treatments in the areas of gastroenterology, inflammation and neuroscience.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
But several groundbreaking neuroscience studies have been published in the past few years, Jones says.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 15 May 2024
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Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Now, as a professor of neuroscience at New York University, Buzsáki has moved on from radio waves to brain waves to ask: How does the brain decide what to remember?
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2024
Opened in 2019, the local facility housed Takeda Ventures, a research and development site that focused on treatments in the areas of gastroenterology, inflammation and neuroscience.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
But several groundbreaking neuroscience studies have been published in the past few years, Jones says.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 15 May 2024
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neuroscience
noun
neu·ro·sci·ence
ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s
: a branch (as neurophysiology) of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning
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