neuroendocrine

neu·ro·en·do·crine

N0071510 (no͝or′ō-ĕn′də-krĭn, -krēn′, -krīn′, nyo͝or′-)adj. Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands: the neuroendocrine apparatus in birds.

neuroendocrine

(ˌnjʊərəʊˈɛndəʊˌkraɪn) adj (Physiology) of, relating to, or denoting the dual control of certain body functions by both nervous and hormonal stimulation: neuroendocrine system.

neu•ro•en•do•crine

(ˌnʊər oʊˈɛn də krɪn, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkrin, ˌnyʊər-)

adj. of or pertaining to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, esp. in relation to hormones. [1920–25]

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Adj.

neuroendocrine - of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)

neuroendocrine

[noor″o-en´do-krin] pertaining to neural and endocrine influence, and particularly to the interaction between the nervous and endocrine systems.

neu·ro·en·do·crine

(nū'rō-en'dō-krin), 1. Pertaining to the anatomic 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 compose a peripheral endocrine gland (for example, the insulin-secreting β 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 (for example, the neurons of the supraoptic nucleus that release antidiuretic hormone from their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis).

neuroendocrine

(no͝or′ō-ĕn′də-krĭn, -krēn′, -krīn′, nyo͝or′-)adj. Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands: the neuroendocrine apparatus in birds.

neuroendocrine

adjective Referring to the structural and functional interface between the nervous and endocrine systems, or to hormones produced by neuroendocrine cells.

neu·ro·en·do·crine

(nūr'ō-en'dō-krin) 1. Pertaining to the anatomic 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.