adverb
- in a manner relating to or caused by the nervous system or neurogenesis (the generation of new neurons)
Usage: technical/medical; used primarily in neuroscience and medical contexts
Examples
- The treatment works neurogenically by stimulating the production of new brain cells.
- Stress can neurogenically impair cognitive function through its effects on the nervous system.
- Exercise promotes neurogenically mediated improvements in memory and learning.
- The drug acts neurogenically to restore damaged neural pathways.
- Neurogenically induced changes in the brain can take weeks to become apparent.