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nervous system
nervous system The system of cells and tissues in multicellular animals by which information is conveyed between sensory cells and organs and effectors (such as muscles and glands). It consists of the
central nervous system (in vertebrates the
brain and
spinal cord; in invertebrates the
nerve cord and
ganglia) and the
peripheral nervous system. Its function is to receive, transmit, and interpret information and then to formulate appropriate responses for the effector organs. It also serves to coordinate responses that require more than one physiological process. Nervous tissue consists of
neurons, which convey the information in the form of
impulses, and supporting tissue.
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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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Nervous breakdown.(King's College pharmacist, Fawz Farhan's lecture on the nervous system)
Magazine article from: Chemist & Druggist; 3/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...both the central and peripheral nervous systems Objectives * To revise...sympathetic and parasympathetic systems The nervous system is made up of the brain, the...It is divided into the central nervous system (CNS), which comprises...
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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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The digital nervous system.(Industry Trend or Event)(Tutorial)
Magazine article from: Computer Weekly; 4/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...concept of a digital nervous system and shows how to build...the digital nervous system'. A digital nervous...right time. A digital nervous system consists of the...world-class digital nervous system so that information can...
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MICROSOFT: Microsoft announces UK partners to deliver vision of the Digital Nervous System.
M2 Presswire; 3/25/1999; 700+ words
; ...deliver vision of the Digital Nervous System for Enterprise customers (C...companies to deliver the Digital Nervous System vision. Each Digital Nervous...technological solutions under the Digital Nervous System strategy." "Our partnership...
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Increased lung uptake of iodine-123-MIBG in diabetics with sympathetic nervous dysfunction
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...diabetic patients with sympathetic nervous dysfunction (7). These data...energy-requiring transport system used for the extraction of...the influence of sympathetic nervous activity on the kinetics of...in the systemic sympathetic nervous system decreases in diabetic...
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The nervous system.(ICC Prep)
Magazine article from: 24x7; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the central nervous system) as the processor...peripheral systems, both voluntary...a computer system, the nervous system handles...monitor the systems. The voluntary system includes three...the central nervous system. This...
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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
; ...also remain in the peripheral nervous system - not only after birth, but...that the central and peripheral nervous systems develop from two different locations...one area create the central nervous system's brain and spinal cord...
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Autonomic nervous system activity in the late luteal phase of eumenorrheic women with premenstrual symptomatology
Magazine article from: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...organs and glands throughout the body. The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The two systems generally counterbalance each other's activities to...
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What keeps the nervous system intact?
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week; 4/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...that certain proteins maintain the nervous system architecture after the developing...fundamental understanding of nervous system anatomy. The investigators...responsible for keeping the wiring of the nervous system in its proper place in the...
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Nervous System
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...stressful conditions. The human nervous system. The most complex nervous systems are found in the vertebrates...including humans. These nervous systems consist of two major divisions: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous...
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nervous system
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...rudimentary nervous system. Invertebrate animals...complexity in their nervous systems, but it is in the...vertebrates the system has two main divisions...and the peripheral nervous systems. The central nervous system consists of the...
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The Nervous System
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
...the smallest of the body's systems in terms of weight, the nervous system is the most complex and versatile...The PNS can be divided into two systems: the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. The somatic nervous...
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Nervous Systems
Book article from: Biology
Nervous Systems The nervous system is a network of nerve cells and, in most animals...invertebrate may have as few as 305. Invertebrate Nervous Systems Although the invertebrate nervous system is usually much simpler than the nervous systems...
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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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