Nervous System Articles

• Disability
  Nervous System
  Pain Control
  Psychology Research
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
   

  Phantom limb

  Phantom limb is a phantom sensation in amputated or missing limbs. A phantom sensation is a feeling that a missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body ... > more
• Fibromyalgia
  Nervous System
  Life Sciences
  Neuropathy
  Molecular Biology
  Biology
   

  Motor neuron

  In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Healthy Aging
  Molecular Biology
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Neuron

  Neurons (also known as neurones, nerve cells and nerve fibers) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that function to process and transmit information. In vertebrate animals, neurons ... > more
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  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Disability
   
  

  Visual cortex

  Visual cortex is the term applied to both the primary visual cortex and upstream visual cortical areas also known as extrastriate cortical areas. The visual cortex occupies about one third of the ... > more
• Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
  Tinnitus
  Nervous System
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Auditory system

  The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. The sound waves enter the ear canal, a simple tube (but one which amplifies sounds that are between 3 and 12 kHz). At the far end ... > more
• Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
  Food Additives
  Healthy Aging
  Psychology Research
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
   

  Astrocyte

  Astrocytes, also known as astroglia, are characteristic star-shaped glial cells in the ... > more
• Perception
  Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Eye Care
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Sensory system

  A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Stem Cells
  Healthy Aging
  Lymphoma
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Axon

  An axon, or nerve fiber, is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or soma. Axons are in effect the primary ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Perception
  Psychology Research
  Hypertension
  Spirituality
   
  

  Alpha wave

  Alpha waves are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8-12 Hz arising from synchronous and coherent (in phase / constructive) electrical activity of large groups of neurons in the ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
   

  Olfaction

  Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > more

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