pathway
- noun
- /ˈpæθweɪ/
- Specialized
- And the more you practice the skill, the more that neural pathway gets isolated.
- neural pathways
- motor pathway
- auditory pathways
This is the classic reward pathway in all mammals.
- This is the classic reward pathway in all mammals.
- I, I can't my something shorts out in the pathway from thought to mouth.
- And so it did reactivate a lot of the pathways that we're learning.
- And so your speech pathway is now speaking what you're reading.
- That's the conscious pathway for sugar perception.
- Your brain can create new neural pathways until the day you die.
- And it's these brain gut pathways that are built.
- So it's, it's the dopamine pathway is being damaged by the fructose.
- In mammals, there are two main pathways from the eye to the brain.
- and take over control and the neurological pathways right over there.
- Typical readers and dyslexic readers follow very different pathways to adult reading.
- So that's, that's creating those brain pathways in the first place.
- In other words, multiple neural pathways must be activated and then joined together.
Examples
-
There are several possible pathways that would give rise to this association.
Academic text (2008) -
The two share the same chemistry and the same pathways in the brain.
Fiction book (2002) -
This is the classic reward pathway in all mammals.
-
Your brain can create new neural pathways until the day you die.
-
The impact of providing I-BEST students with support services and structured pathways may extend to student learning outcomes.
Academic text (2011) -
Drug abuse researchers are examining medications that block brain pathways activated by drugs like cocaine.
Academic text (1990) -
The subject's brain continues to create new neural pathways at an unprecedented and alarming rate.
-
Of critical importance here is the connection of neural pathways through the thalamus to the neocortex.
Academic text (1990) -
That's true, but Olivia's treatment created a unique network of neural pathways in the brain.
-
The classic reward pathway in the brain activates when we experience pleasure.
Synonyms
A bundle of nerve fibers in the brain or spinal cord that carry signals
A group of long cells that carry signals between body parts and the brain
A group of nerve fibers in the brain or spinal cord that carry messages
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of long cells that carry signals between body parts and the brain
- Specialized
A nerve pathway that sends a signal across one connection between two nerve cells
A process someone follows to get better after illness, injury, or hard times
- Specialized
A route in the eye that drains extra watery fluid through the colored layer and the white outer layer
How Complex
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pathway comes from path ('a track') and way ('a route'). A helpful image is a little road inside the brain that messages travel along, which is why a neural pathway is a route for signals between parts of the brain.