neurohumoral, a. Physiol.
(njʊərəʊˈhjuːmərəl)
[a. F. neuro-humoral (H. Fredericq 1927, in Compt. Rend. des Séances de la Soc. de Biol. XCVII. (Réunion plénière) 3), f. neuro- neuro- + humoral humoral a.]
Of, involving, or being a neurohumour. Cf. humoral a. 1 a.
| 1929 P. Bard in C. Murchison Foundations Exper. Psychol. xii. 449 (heading) The neuro-humoral basis of emotional reactions. 1947 Jrnl. Endocrinol. V. 136 The possibility of a neurohumoral transmission of stimuli has been tentatively suggested on many occasions. 1966 G. B. Koelle in Rodahl & Issekutz Nerve as Tissue 291 The neurohumoral theory is most consistent with the known facts concerning transmission at the vast majority of synaptic and neuro-effector junctions. 1971 Nature 31 Dec. 570/1 Neurohumoral agents from the hypothalamus were discharged into the portal vessels for transmission to the anterior lobe of the pituitary to affect the secretion of hormones. |