neuropharmacology

[ noor-oh-fahr-muh-kol-uh-jee, nyoor- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.

Other Words From

• neu·ro·phar·ma·co·log·ic [n, oo, r-oh-fahr-m, uh, -k, uh, -, loj, -ik, ny, oo, r-], neuro·pharma·co·logi·cal adjective
• neuro·pharma·co·logi·cal·ly adverb
• neuro·pharma·colo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of neuropharmacology¹

First recorded in 1945–50; neuro- + pharmacology

Example Sentences

“Being a single parent on a postdoc salary is pretty much impossible at this point,” adds Marjorie Levinstein, a neuropharmacology postdoc at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and an organizer for NIH Fellows United, a group that’s trying to establish a union for early-career researchers who work at NIH.

From Science Magazine

While prepping for medical school at the University of North Dakota, Schrag spent long hours in a neuropharmacology lab absorbing the patient rhythms of science.

From Science Magazine

He paged through a thick book titled “Molecular Neuropharmacology” which he had read in prison.

From New York Times

Essentially, beta-amyloid hijacks the norepinephrine pathway to trigger a toxic buildup of tau, says Qin Wang, the study’s senior author and a professor of neuropharmacology in the department of cell, developmental and integrative biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

From Scientific American

In an analysis published last October in an issue of Neuropharmacology, a medical journal focused on neuroscience, researchers from Johns Hopkins University recommended that psilocybin be reclassified for medical use – arguing its benefits in helping treat PTSD, depression and anxiety and helping people stop smoking.

From Fox News