neuroendocrine

[ noor-oh-en-duh-krin, -krahyn, -kreen, nyoor- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.

neuroendocrine

/ ˌnjʊərəʊˈɛndəʊˌkraɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or denoting the dual control of certain body functions by both nervous and hormonal stimulation

   neuroendocrine system

Word History and Origins

Origin of neuroendocrine¹

First recorded in 1920–25; neuro- + endocrine

Example Sentences

However, bariatric surgery affects appetite, food intake, caloric absorption, and multiple neuroendocrine pathways—all of which could contribute to its beneficial actions for people with Type 2 diabetes.

From Time

Laszlo says that these negative changes—as well as others, such as how grief affects the nervous and neuroendocrine systems—may contribute to the higher rate of death immediately after loss identified in her study.

From Time

In the mid-1980s, Gunnar studied this neuroendocrine system in newborns.

From Science News For Students

Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.

From The Daily Beast

Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor.

From The Daily Beast

Other neuroendocrine tumors produce gastrin, glucagon, and other digestive hormones.

From The Daily Beast

In part, that is because neuroendocrine cancers tend to be quite slow growing, or indolent.

From The Daily Beast

“Neuroendocrine tumors are highly vascularized”—full of blood vessels on which they depend for nutrients, says Kulke.

From The Daily Beast

Broad limits to functional reproductive activity seem to be set by the photoperiod—neuroendocrine system.

From Project Gutenberg