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neuroendocrine

/noor-oh-en-duh-krin, -krahyn, -kreen, nyoor-/US // ˌnʊər oʊˈɛn də krɪn, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkrin, ˌnyʊər- //UK // (ˌnjʊərəʊˈɛndəʊˌkraɪn) //

神经内分泌,神经内分泌科,神经内分泌学,神经内分泌学派

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.

Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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