The nervous system is the organ system that detects stimuli, integrates information, and coordinates the responses of the body through rapid electrical and chemical signalling. It is organised into the central nervous system, comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system of cranial and spin…
The nervous system is the organ system that detects stimuli, integrates information, and coordinates the responses of the body through rapid electrical and chemical signalling. It is organised into the central nervous system, comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system of cranial and spinal nerves and ganglia, with a functional division into somatic control of voluntary movement and autonomic regulation of involuntary visceral activity. Its fundamental units are neurons, which transmit action potentials and communicate across synapses by neurotransmitters, supported by glial cells that maintain the neural environment. The nervous system governs sensation, movement, cognition, emotion, and homeostasis, and its development is directed by conserved genetic programmes. Research indexed under this topic addresses pathology and neoplasms of the central nervous system, demyelinating and inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, cranial nerve palsies, the evolutionary conservation of developmental genes including Hox genes in brain formation, neurometabolic and lysosomal disorders, and the physiological effects of meditative and sensory interventions on mood and heart-rate variability. Methods span clinical and imaging assessment, molecular and evolutionary analysis, and physiological measurement. By linking structure, development, function, and disease of neural tissue, this body of work supports the understanding and management of neurological disorders within the neuroscience and neuroimaging fields.
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