The smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped -- a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by disease.

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

What you need is a nervous system flexible enough to cope. In a new study, MIT neuroscientists show how even a simple animal can switch many gears in its brain to muster an adaptive response to a ...

Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the presence of microglia in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and identified ...

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You can divide up all the nerves in the body into roughly two parts: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system contains two organs—the brain and the ...

The timing to smooth out flows, we intervene…like today, the Central Bank intervened and put US$35M into the banking system.” The General Secretary explained the intricacies of addressing the flow and ...

Together with the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Chuo maglev is intended to create “a dual system for the main artery of the Japanese economy.” JR Central says the new line will foster the creation of “super ...

Together, the brain and spinal cord that extends from it make up the central nervous system, or CNS. What is the brain made of? Weighing about 3 pounds in the average adult, the brain is about 60% fat ...

We performed cerebral structural and functional analysis and examined multi-phase central and peripheral nervous system alterations. We then aim to explore the possible connections between central and ...

The brain is the most protected organ of the human body and is separated from peripheral tissues by the sophisticated defence system of the blood–brain barrier, which CNS drugs must penetrate.