neurochemical neurochemical
Definition(s):
- (n) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity
Usage(s):
- When that happens, reason and function come undone, rarely as dramatically as in the neurochemical storm that is obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Each of these types is expressive of a different neurochemical system: dopamine and norepinephrine; serotonin; testosterone; and estrogen.
- Addicts who try to recapture the high by smoking more crack only aggravate the neurochemical deficiency.
News
Wake Forest Baptist Researchers Study Alcohol Addiction Using Optogenetics
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers are gaining a better understanding of the neurochemical basis of addiction with a new technology called optogenetics.on December 16, 2013 Source: Newswise
Quotes
- "The more scientists look, the more they're able to tease romance apart into its individual strands - the visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, neurochemical processes that make it possible," writes Jeffrey Kluger in the Jan. 28 issue of Time.on Feb 7, 2008 By: Jeffrey Kluger Source: Rocktown Weekly
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