What Is the Nervous System? Your nervous system is your body's main communication system. It sends messages from your brain to the rest of your body and helps you respond to changes inside and around ...

This article discusses the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for involuntary reactions such as heart rate, blood pressure and respiration. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with ...

The central nervous system is composed of more than 100 billion neurons. There are 2,800,000 nerve endings to detect pain and 500,000 receptors fortouch, hot and cold and pressure. Nerves always end ...

A new study shows that a part of the nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, is formed in a way that is different from what researchers previously believed. In this study a new phenomenon ...

Each part of the nervous system uses internal checks and balances to regulate its activity, responding to various factors like mood, health status, and the external environment.¹ These regulatory ...

In this workshop we will learn all about our nervous system parts and how to both befriend and become competent operators of our nervous systems in the classroom and beyond. Together, through creative ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...