neuropathological
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˌnʊroʊpəˈθɑlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- The study revealed significant neuropathological changes in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Examples
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They are usually key mediators of astrogliosis, crucial for the evolution of neuropathological changes, and typically more elevated in neurodegenerative disorder states.
Academic text (2018) -
Although Krafft-Ebing accepted Karl Ulrichs' proposal that homosexuality could be innate and probably located in the brain, he paid little attention to neuropathological sexology.
Academic text (2003) -
Upon subsequent neuropathological examination, neither this case nor the three controls met CERAD criteria for the diagnosis of AD.
Academic text (1995) -
All our AD patients had enough plaques to meet CERAD criteria for the neuropathological diagnosis of AD.
Academic text (1995) -
Based on the known neuroanatomical and neuropathological changes that occur with aging, we should probably assume that a significant proportion of political leaders over the age of 65 have impairment of executive function.
Academic text (2014) -
It is possible that the pathology of PMNS is linked directly to the neuropathological processes that are common in severe falciparum malaria.
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In the meantime, the functional and structural neuropathological determinants of sexuopathology have become a rapidly developing field of human clinical and animal experimental research, as in the new technology of brain scanning.
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Although no differences were found between J20 and J20xLcn2 KO mice in behavioral and memory phenotype, it is possible that differences may be present at the neuropathological level.
Academic text (2018) -
Given that alterations in cargo trafficking pathways have been described in several neurodegenerative diseases, our findings provide new molecular targets to investigate the axonal trafficking machinery in neuropathological disease models.
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Researchers highlighted various neuropathological factors that contribute to the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Synonyms
82
6.3
Relating to the brain, spinal cord, or nerves
8
7.5
Relating to disease or its study
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6.6
Relating to the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord
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7.2
Related to or caused by disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
neuropathological = pathological (semi-transparent) = neuro + patholog + ical
Adding neuro- to pathological gives the scientific meaning in a fairly direct way, but the term is specialized.
Etymology
Neuropathological breaks into neuro- 'nerve', patho- 'disease', and -logical 'study of', as in pathology. So it refers to disease or damage in nerve tissue or the study of those diseases, which is why a neuropathological finding is about problems in the brain or spinal cord.