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| | Central nervous system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Together with the peripheral nervous system, it has a fundamental role in the control of behavior. | | | Nervous System - Back Pain - Anatomy (info on nerve pairs). | | | Sylvius: 400+ structure neuroanatomical visual glossary; used by over half of U.S. medical schools |
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| | nervous system. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. | | | All of the fibers of the autonomic nervous system are motor channels, and their impulses arise from the nerve tissue itself, so that the organs they innervate perform more or less involuntarily and do not require stimulation to function. | | | The spinal nerves arise in the spinal cord, 31 pairs radiating to either side of the body: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal. |
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| | Central Nervous System Injury - Online Lawyer Source |
| | A central nervous system injury to the spinal cord, which contains the nerves that carry messages between the brain and the body, can mean damage to the cells within the spinal cord or when the tracts of nerves that run up and down the spinal cord are severed. | | | The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. | | | A central nervous system injury can be classified into cranial or spinal injury, closed or penetrating injury or another type of injury. |
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http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/medical_malpractice/cns.html
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| | the nervous system |
| | Receptors are parts of the nervous system that sense changes in the internal or external environments. | | | The autonomic system controls muscles in the heart, the smooth muscle in internal organs such as the intestine, bladder, and uterus. | | | Input to the nervous system is in the form of our five senses: pain, vision, taste, smell, and hearing. |
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http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html
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| | BrainConnection.com - Central Nervous System Overview |
| | The two main structures of the central nervous system are the brain and the spinal cord. | | | To make matters worse, researchers have studied the nervous system from several points of view, and often they are inclined to create names for structures that reflect their particular point of view. | | | The nervous system informs the body about itself and the world around it and enables the body to react to this information. |
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http://www.brainconnection.com/topics?main=anat/cns
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| | AEGiS-BAR: HIV and the central nervous system |
| | In the central nervous system, the brain sends both conscious and unconscious commands that tell the body how to move, and how to process external sensory stimulus through the five senses: hearing, smell, sight, taste, and touch. | | | In the circulatory system our lungs absorb oxygen which is pumped through the heart and carried to the muscles, organs, and the brain. | | | In the human body there are two main areas that directly control how the body acts and reacts, the circulatory system and the central nervous system. |
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| | Exploring the Central Nervous System |
| | The central nervous system includes the spinal cord, the brain, and an entire network of nerve fibers that run throughout the body. | | | Unlike the circulatory system which forms a closed loop, the nervous system has "endings." This exercise will help students to visualize the pathways of these nerves. | | | The brain maintains the body in working order by overseeing the functions of all organs and body systems. |
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| | THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| | The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) is responsible for the body functions which are Not under conscious control - like the heartbeat or the digestive system. | | | There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, part of the Peripheral Nervous system, that emerge from the spinal cord. | | | B. The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) consists of the neurons NOT Included in the Brain and Spinal Cord. |
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| | Central nervous system |
| | The vertebrate central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. | | | Journal of research and other information on all aspects of the field, both normal and abnormal, including human physiology and pathophysiology of both the central and the peripheral nervous system, and applications of neuroimaging and other techniques. | | | The journal publishes the results of original basic and clinical investigations concerning the integrative activity of the central nervous system in humans and animals. |
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http://www.omniknow.com/common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Central_Nervous_System
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Central nervous system stimulants |
| | People with certain medical conditions or who are taking certain other medicines can have problems if they take central nervous system stimulants. | | | They may also act recklessly and impulsively, and have behavioral and emotional problems. | | | There is also concern that these drugs are being prescribed for some children who do not need them. |
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| | Neuroscience for Kids - Divisions of the NS |
| | The somatic nervous system consists of peripheral nerve fibers that send sensory information to the central nervous system AND motor nerve fibers that project to skeletal muscle. | | | The cell body is located in either the brain or spinal cord and projects directly to a skeletal muscle. | | | These areas are important for controlling the emotional response to a given situation. |
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http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html
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| | New Concept Explains Why Mammals Can't Repair Central Nervous System Damage |
| | The central nervous system in mammals is an exception in this regard: when damaged, it is not effectively assisted by the immune system. | | | For this purpose, rat macrophages were first isolated and then activated through incubation with injured sciatic nerves, which, as part of the peripheral nervous system, are capable of regeneration. | | | The scientists examined whether this obstacle to nerve regeneration could be overcome by using macrophages that had been "educated" by special treatment outside the body. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1996-09/WI-NCEW-180996.php
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| | Central nervous system |
| | The central nervous system refers to the brain, spinal cord, and spinal nerves. | | | The central nervous system does not include the peripheral nerves in the arms, legs, muscles, and organs. | | | You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. |
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| | Central nervous system, Eastern North Carolina, NC |
| | The central nervous system controls thought processes, guides movement, and registers sensations throughout the body. | | | The spinal cord is a single continuous structure that goes from the brain through the base of the skull and down the spinal column. | | | Individual paired spinal nerves continue down to the tailbone. |
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| | fUSION Anomaly. CNS - Central Nervous System |
| | The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. | | | If implosion has any validity at all—and surely it does, if only as an inflated allegory of speed and technocapitalist convergence—then we will feel it in our nervous systems, if not our bones. | | | _Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind_ where Shunryo Suzuki seems to express something very similar to the idea you and Maturana developed—before you encountered Buddhism—about the nervous system as a closed system. |
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| | Herbs Affecting the Central Nervous System |
| | Lavender, the dried flowers of Lavandula angustifolia Mill., yield a volatile oil, the calming and relaxing effects of which are better documented by both empirical medicine and experimental studies than the three previous herbs. | | | Ma huang has been used in China for the treatment of bronchial asthma and related conditions for more than 5000 years. | | | Suitable research in human subjects is required to verify preliminary observations. |
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| | The Central Nervous System |
| | This page outlines the basic physiology of the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord. | | | The spinal cord serves as a conduit for signals between the brain and the rest of the body. | | | The brain is within the cranium, while the spinal cord runs within a canal through the vertebrae. |
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http://mcb.berkeley.edu/courses/mcb135e/central.html
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| | Central Nervous System |
| | During this laboratory, you will study both the peripheral and central nervous systems. | | | Emphasis is placed on basic brain anatomy, nerve plexuses, brain ventricles, and the meninges. | | | [ Lower Extremities of the Skeletal Muscle System ] |
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http://www4.nau.edu/biology/bio201/central_nervous_system.htm
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| | Lecture Notes-24 |
| | The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of nerves outside of the CNS | | | Sensory nerves enter the spinal cord by the dorsal root, their cell bodies are in ganglia outside the spinal cord (dorsal root ganglia) | | | The pattern of innervation plotted on the skin is called a dermatome |
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| | Central Nervous System Vasculitis discussed by Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center |
| | Advances in molecular biology and in the development of more specific therapies for other diseases mediated by the immune system may lead to less toxic therapies for CNSV in the future. | | | The search for more specific imaging techniques continues. | | | The American College of Physicians has given us permission to make this information available to patients contacting our Website: |
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| | Drugs - Central Nervous System |
| | The peripheral nervous system receives thousands of sensory inputs and transmits them to the brain via the spinal cord. | | | Since our knowledge of different regions of brain function and the neurotransmitters in the brain is limited, the explanations for the mechanisms of drug action may be vague. | | | The known neurotransmitters are: acetylcholine which is involved with memory and learning; norepinephrine which is involved with mania-depression and emotions; and serotonin which is involved with biological rhythms, sleep, emotion, and pain. |
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http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/670drugcns.html
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| | The Central Nervous System |
| | All of the actions executed by the autonomic nervous system are unconsciously done. | | | The somatic fibres are responsible for the voluntary movement of our body, i.e. | | | Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are a result in a lack of this myelin sheath, with the resultant effect being that the conductivity of signals is much slower severely decreasing the effectiveness of the nervous system in sufferers. |
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| | Central Nervous System Vasculitis |
| | The prognosis is greatly improved with early recognition and therapy. | | | Bilateral mulitfocal lesions, but no specific pattern; sensitivity 75% to 100% | | | Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is an inflammatory condition that may be a primary angiitis or secondary to a variety of disorders, such as infections, medications, autoimmune diseases, and malignancy (Table 1). |
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| | National Cancer Institute - Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
| | A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord. | | | A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs. | | | Chemotherapy or radiation therapy given to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment. |
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http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/db_alpha.aspx?expand=c#central
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| | The Central Nervous System |
| | Information (nerve impulses) reaching the spinal cord through sensory neurons are transmitted up into the brain. | | | The spinal cord carries out two main functions: | | | The pleasurable (and addictive) effects of amphetamines, cocaine, and perhaps other psychoactive drugs seem to depend on their producing increasing levels of dopamine at the synapses in the nucleus accumbens (as well as the VTA). |
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http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CNS.html
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| | Central Nervous System Vasculitis Foundation, Inc. |
| | CNSV is the inflammation of the Central Nervous System; affecting the blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord. | | | Diagnosing CNSV is a clinical challenge because it is a syndrome, not a specific disease; and can be easily misdiagnosed as Lupus and/or Multiple Sclerosis, or any number of other diseases. | | | The Central Nervous System Vasculitis Foundation, Inc. is on a journey to become a loud and driving force for Treatment, Education and Research. |
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| | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Brain & Spine Center |
| | The Brain and Spine Center is one of the largest of its kind, with over 40 physicians and scientists in nine specialty areas. | | | Physicians and staff work closely with scientists who research anti-cancer drug development, molecular biology and genetics of tumors of the nervous system and the use of surgery to reconstruct and stabilize the spine. |
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| | anabolic steroids and the central nervous system - see information on anabolic steroids and the central nervous system ... |
| | Provigil, Modafinil, Alertec, Anti Narcolepsy, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Prescription Drugs, Medications, Medicines: This page is a prescription and over the counter drug index. | | | Provigil, Modafinil, Alertec, Anti Narcolepsy, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Prescription Drugs, Medications, Medic | | | or adverse effects on the central nervous system or cardio vascular system. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - central nervous system definition |
| | nervous system excluding peripheral nerves: the part of the nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord, that controls and coordinates most functions of the body and mind. | | | Impulses from sense organs travel to the central nervous system and impulses to muscles and glands travel from it. | | | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - central nervous system definition |
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| | AskMen.com - Central nervous system |
| | This leg routine will absolutely, positively trigger the maximum anabolic response from your central nervous system and result in system-wide muscle growth in your legs and every other muscle group. | | | Add one 10-second static hold with more weight if you have enough plates in the gym. |
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| | central nervous system - multiple sclerosis encyclopaedia |
| | Brain structure that monitors internal body environment and attempts to maintain balance of these systems. | | | It contrasts with the Peripheral Nervous System which passes nerve signals between the CNS and rest of the body. | | | The Central Nervous System (CNS) is the collective name for the brain and the spinal cord. |
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| | Central Nervous System |
| | The thalamus is like a switching station, conducting signals from the body up to the relevant parts of the higher brain, and down from the brain to the lower brain and spinal cord. | | | It is the regulatory system for sleep, waking, and alertness. | | | The forebrain, though, is complex enough to require its own chapter -- two, in fact: One for the limbic system, and one for the cerebrum. |
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| | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| | Treatment of Pediatric Migraine - Univ of Virginia Health System, Neurogram Winter 2003 | | | A fresh look at migraine therapy [S Diamond] - PostGradMed, Jan 2001 | | | Infectious Diseases of the central Nervous System - HealthAtoZ |
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| | NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE |
| | NOTE: This "clinical truism" ("He popped his cork!") is disputed by some autopsy pathologists who note that there is a reflex rise in systemic blood pressure when intracranial pressure rises ("Cushing reflex", remember?), and that victims of intracranial hemorrhage often lack other stigmata of longstanding systemic hypertension (big hearts, bad kidneys). | | | Favored sites are the carotid bifurcations and the vertebrobasilar system. | | | Describe the effect of blood in the ventricular system. |
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| | Primary central nervous system lymphoma |
| | Occult systemic disease can be excluded by staging with bone marrow biopsy and CT scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis.[4] | | | Because of the diffuse nature of CNS lymphomas, aggressive surgical decompression with partial or gross total removal of the tumor is of no benefit to the patient. | | | An increasing incidence of this disease has been seen among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and among other immunocompromised persons. |
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