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Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together).
Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the nervous system and endocrine system together ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. 1. Pertaining to the anatomical and functional relationships between the nervous system and the endocrine apparatus. 2. Descriptive of cells that release a hormone into the circulating blood in response to a neural stimulus. Such cells may comprise a peripheral endocrine gland (e.g., the insulin-secreting beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas and the adrenaline-secreting chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla); others are neurons in the brain (e.g., the neurons of the supraoptic nucleus that release antidiuretic hormone from their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuroendocrine
Literary usage of Neuroendocrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"We quantitated neuroendocrine cells with bombesin-like immunoreactivity in ...
We conclude that increased numbers of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells with ..."
2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"neuroendocrine Effects of Nicotine Some of the actions of nicotine result from
the release of ACh and other neurotransmitters, including norepinephrine (NE) ..."
3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"... 3 Effects of Alcohol on the neuroendocrine System Catherine Rivier, Ph.D.
KEY WORDS: AODE (effects ..."
4. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"Evidence also shows that neuropeptides, including many primarily involved in
neuroendocrine function, may also directly modulate immune function (Blalock et ..."
5. Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on the Health Effects of Electric and by Philip J. Bierbaum (1994)
"The/n Vivo Panel recommends the following research on neuroendocrine dysfunction.
* Characterize Neural, Endocrine, and neuroendocrine Responses to Power. ..."
6. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"neuroendocrine regulation of immunity. Annual Review of Immunology 20:125-163.
... neuroendocrine influences on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. ..."
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