Neuroendocrinology

/njˌuːɹəʊndˌɒkɹɪnˈɒlədʒi/

/nˌʊɹɹoʊndˌɑːkɹɪnˈɑːlədʒi/

[noun]

Neuroendocrinology

[NOUN]

the study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system

Examples

1. My training was here in internal medicine, endocrinology, and then neuroendocrinology.

2. Something that was under-emphasized in the endocrine lectures last week has been this element of neuroendocrinology.

3. So neuroendocrinology, as I've practiced it, involves the idea that hormones affect all brain functions and not just the steroid hormones, the metabolic hormones as well, that experiences affect the brain and the body through these mechanisms, and that behavior changes the brain.