central nervous system
central nervous system (CNS) Term embracing the brain and spinal cord, as distinct from the
peripheral nervous system. The CNS coordinates all nervous activity, sending messages to muscles and glands. See also
nervous system
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Reportlinker Adds Chinese Markets for Central Nervous System Disorder Drugs.
PR Newswire; 11/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...catalogue. Chinese Markets for Central Nervous System Disorder Drugs http://www...Chinese-Markets-for-Central-Nervous-S ystem-Disorder-Drugs...ewswire China's demand for Central Nervous System Disorder Drugs has grown...
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The human nervous system: master organizer.
Magazine article from: Paraplegia News; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...cord. The nervous system also has two functional...autonomic nervous systems. These systems are predominately...PNS. The somatic nervous system is involved in...parasympathetic systems. The sympathetic nervous system mobilizes energy...
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Stem Cells Found in Adult Peripheral Nervous System.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 8/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...stem cells exist in the adult central nervous system," says Sean J. Morrison...also remain in the peripheral nervous system - not only after birth, but...that the central and peripheral nervous systems develop from two different locations...
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The nervous system.(ICC Prep)
Magazine article from: 24x7; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) as the processor, while the peripheral systems, both voluntary and autonomic, are the network. Unlike a computer system, the nervous system handles both electrical and...
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What keeps the nervous system intact?
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week; 4/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...rest of the nervous system but were unaware...structure of the nervous system. The PVT cell makes...study how the nervous system develops and how...the anatomy of the nervous system intact. More...prepared by Pain & Central Nervous System Week ...
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Research on central nervous system disorders described by scientists at Mayo Clinic.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 10/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...a disorder of the central nervous system," investigators...see also Central Nervous System Disorders...States, Scottsdale, Central Nervous System Disorders, Brain...Infection, Central Nervous System Injury, Central...
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The WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System, 4th Edition
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of Tumours of the Central Nervous System (4th edition, 2007...of Tumours of the Central Nervous System: newly codi- fied...Tumours of the Central Nervous System. Acta Neuropathol...classification of nervous system tumors: newly...
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The Sensitive Nervous System.(Review)
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...methods for examining the nervous system (referred to as "neurodynamics...neurodynamics and how the central and peripheral nervous systems function in normal and pathological...Chapter 2 explores how our nervous system functions normally. The...
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Genome Makes Possible Genetic Research For Nervous System Disease.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week; 12/3/2001; 700+ words
; ...human nervous system as compared...in vertebrate nervous systems vs. invertebrate nervous systems is the presence...human nervous system." In an accompanying...of the human nervous system and for...Pain & Central Nervous System...
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Research from Ohio State University, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research has provided new information about central nervous system infection.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 11/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...perspective,' new data in central nervous system infection...occurs in response to nervous system damage (trauma...report (see also Central Nervous System Infection...That is, the nervous system could not function under...damage their nervous ...
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Nervous Systems
Book article from: Biology
...While all nervous systems carry out these...complexity of the nervous system varies tremendously...divided into the central nervous system (CNS...peripheral nervous system (PNS), which...Invertebrate nervous systems may or may not...
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nervous system
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...vertebrates the system has two main divisions, the central and the peripheral nervous systems. The central nervous system consists of...exit from the central nervous system as part of...parasympathetic nervous systems, the actions...
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The Nervous System
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
...response is needed, the system sends out electrical...smallest of the body's systems in terms of weight, the nervous system is the most complex...DESIGN: PARTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM The nervous...separate divisions: the central nervous system and...
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Nervous System Overview
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...The autonomic nervous system is further subdivided...parasympathetic systems. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS), when...parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) lowers...parasympathetic systems work in opposition...
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Nervous System
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...Astrocytes appear only in the central nervous system, and their function...injury. The brain and nervous system are composed of grouped functional systems. This means that neurons...characteristic manner, the nervous system is referred to as a labeled...
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