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Answer for the clue "Any organic substance that occurs in neural activity ", 13 letters:
neurochemical

Word definitions for neurochemical in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any organic substance that occurs in neural activity

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to neurochemistry, the study of the chemical basis of nerve and brain activity n. A chemical substance that is involved in neural activity, such as a neurotransmitter

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A neurochemical is an organic molecule, such as serotonin , dopamine , or nerve growth factor , that participates in neural activity. The science of neurochemistry studies the functions of neurochemicals.

Usage examples of neurochemical.

All they had to do, they figured, was give the subject conscious control of the neural mechanism the body already uses to dispense adrenalin and even some neurochemical substances.

Experiments showing that the effects of protein synthesis inhibitors on memory could be mimicked by injecting large quantities of some of their constituent amino acids were made by one of my earliest graduate students, John Hambley, on his return to Australia: Hambley, J, and Rogers, L J Some neurochemical correlates of permanent learning deficits associated with intracerebral injections of amino acids in young chick brain.

Rose, S P R Early visual experience, learning and neurochemical plasticity in the rat and the chick.

Instead of the experience causing the neurochemical response, J-24 supplies the physical changes that create the experience.

Bringing herself back into sync with the reptile, she moved through his brain and carefully changed a few of the neurochemical connections between his legs and his brain, modifying the resistance in the neurons.

Some years ago, I was a staff physician engaged in neurochemical research.

The doctors believe that the neurochemical assault you suffered is very similar to what was done to the prince.

Not for the first time, she wondered if Raymond and Josep had asked for subtle neurochemical alterations to be incorporated into their modifications.

It is regrettable they were not fitted with instrumentation able to fully monitor the neurochemical changes that within their systems took place while under fire they were.

The three brains are said to be distinguished neuroanatomically and functionally, and contain strikingly different distributions of the neurochemicals dopamine and cholinesterase.

There is no doubt that if we stay up too long the body generates neurochemicals that literally force us to go to sleep.

I dropped DBCA completely and began researching neurochemicals in fish and amphibians, delving into the chemical evolution of the brain.

It is enough for a Psychohistorian, as such, to know his Biostatistics and his Neurochemical Electromathematics.

You know how Betazoids have a paracortex that enhances their telepathic capabilities, and how Betazoid women have elevated levels of neurochemicals that further augment these abilities?

He is so enfeebled from the long hours of neurochemical manipulation, he barely has the strength to 'pull the starter strip on the nutripatches.