neuro-, neur-, neuri-, -neuroma, -neurotic, -neurosis, -neuron, -neural, -neuria

A spasm caused by a disorder in the motor nerves supplying the muscles.

A condition in which neurons respond with abnormal force or rapidity to slight stimuli.

1. A tendency of nerve cells to remain close to their sources of stimulation by migrating, both in the course of their development and evolution.
2. Theory that nerve cells tend to grow in the direction of most stimulations.

1. The search for the place, or places, in the brain where religious beliefs originate.

Neurotheology mixes terms and methods from science and religion in an attempt to confer the authority of science upon religion.

2. The scientific study of religious or spiritual feelings by using the tools of psychology and neuroscience to probe the neural underpinnings of religious experience.

Neurotheology is said to be a passion for uncovering the neurological underpinnings of spiritual and mystical experiences; for discovering, in short, what happens in our brains when we sense that we "have encountered a reality different from—and, in some crucial sense, higher than—the reality of everyday experiences."

In neurotheology, psychologists and neurologists try to pinpoint which regions turn on, and which turn off, during experiences that seem to exist outside time and space.

Research in this field roughly divides into two types: (1) either stimulating spiritual experience with drugs, or (2) studying brain activity during such experiences using imaging techniques to see which regions of the brain are changing; and for some researchers, "these moments of serenity are little more than common blips in brain chemistry".

The treatment of psychological, psychiatric, and nervous disorders.

In a clash by oneself.

1. A self-induced skin lesion, inflicted by the fingernails or by other physical actions.
2. A self-inflicted excoriation, usually on the face, back, or shoulders of a subject when under stress.