neuropharmacological
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- adjective
- /ˌnjʊəroʊˌfɑːrməˈkɒlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
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neurofarmacológico
- An important goal of current neurobiological research is to understand the neuropharmacological and neuroadaptive mechanisms within specific neurocircuits that mediate the transition from occasional, controlled drug use to the loss of behavioral control over drug-seeking and drug-taking that defines chronic addiction.
- neuropharmacological drug
- neuropharmacological drug division
Examples
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From the pharmacological perspective, we tend to think of different types of substance abuse as being very distinct and involving quite different neuropharmacological mechanisms, and we tend to expect that pharmacotherapies will likely have a fairly narrow pharmacological specificity for a particular type of substance abuse.
Academic text (2009) -
With EPH-3, the latest miracle of neuropharmacological research.
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In this way, neuropharmacological treatments pose many of the same possibilities and ethical quandaries as genetic engineering in regard to modifications of behavior and issues of social control.
Academic text (2014) -
However, this neuropharmacological modification of morally relevant behavior merely temporarily alters individual-level brain chemistry without addressing the actual root causes of this dangerous expansion of moral concern.
Academic text (2014) -
The latest advancements in neuropharmacological research have significantly improved treatments for mental health disorders.
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The conference provided insights into the neuropharmacological effects of various medications on the nervous system.
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His work in neuropharmacological studies has highlighted how drugs can influence cognitive functions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
neuropharmacological = pharmacological (semi-transparent) = neuro + pharmac + ological
The word is transparently built by adding neuro- to pharmacological, but the specialized scientific register makes it less immediately guessable for average learners.
Etymology
Neuropharmacological joins neuro- meaning 'nerve' and pharmaco- meaning 'drug', a word you can see in pharmacy, plus the idea of 'study'. So, neuropharmacological describes how drugs act on the nerves and brain.