Nervous System Articles

• Eye Care
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disability
  Cosmetic Surgery
   
  

  Pupil

  In the eye, the pupil is the opening in the middle of the iris. It appears black because most of the light entering it is absorbed by the tissues inside the eye. In humans and many animals (but few ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorders
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Narcolepsy

  Narcolepsy is a neurological condition characterized by severe fatigue, irresistible episodes of sleep and general sleep disorder. The main characteristic of narcolepsy is overwhelming excessive ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Hypertension
  Kidney Disease
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
  Sports Medicine
   

  Vasopressin

  Arginine vasopressin (AVP), also known as argipressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH), is a human hormone that is mainly released when the body is low on water; it causes the kidneys to conserve water ... > more
• Perception
  Nutrition Research
  Allergy
  Nervous System
  Human Biology
  Sports Medicine
   

  Taste bud

  Taste buds are small structures on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, and epiglottis that provide information about the taste of food being eaten. The human tongue has about 10,000 taste ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Birth Defects
   

  Epilepsy

  Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. These seizures are transient signs ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Psychology
  Sports Medicine
  Borderline Personality Disorder
  Perception
   
  

  Emotion

  Emotion, in its most general definition, is a neural impulse that moves an organism to action, prompting automatic reactive behavior that has been adapted through evolution as a survival mechanism to ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Healthy Aging
  Foodborne Illness
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Colitis
   
  

  Vomiting

  Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mechanism for expelling ingested poisons, vomiting may result from ... > more
• Fibromyalgia
  Cosmetics
  Neuropathy
  Fitness
  Hearing Loss
  Muscular Dystrophy
   
  

  Tensor tympani

  The tensor tympani muscle originates from the cartilagenous wall of the Eustachian tube (also called the auditory tube) and the bony wall surrounding the ... > more
• Eye Care
  Sports Medicine
  Cosmetics
  Diseases and Conditions
  Nervous System
  Disability
   
  

  Visual field

  The term visual field is often used in ophthalmology, where a visual field test is used to determine whether the visual field is affected by diseases that cause local scotoma or a more extensive loss ... > more
• Immune System
  Stem Cells
  Lymphoma
  Genetics
  Molecular Biology
  Biology
   

  T cell

  T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response. The abbreviation "T" stands for thymus, the organ in which their final stage of development occurs. Every effective ... > more

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