The nervous system has two major parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The central system is the primary command center for the body, and is comprised of ...

Researchers describe the first complete wiring diagram ... or nervous system to find the specific nerve connections responsible for particular behaviors. "Structure is always central in biology ...

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal ... The brain is the most complex organ in the human body; the cerebral cortex (the outermost part of the brain and the largest part ...

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists. The first stem cell ...

Already, human brain and spinal cord organoids are used to study neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, but they often mimic one part of the central nervous system and are disorganized.

That link offers a new approach to understanding human physiology ... a hormone in the central nervous system believed to influence mood and depression.

all at the College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University. The first article in this series introduced the nervous system, which comprises the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral ...

For example, if you step on something sharp, the nerves in your foot send a message through neurons to your central nervous system that says, "Hey, this hurts." Your brain and spinal cord respond ...