The central nervous system, or CNS, is the primary control center of the body, responsible for processing information and coordinating activity throughout the organism. It consists of the brain and ...

The survival of multicellular organisms depends on the appropriate uptake and release of nutrients by major metabolic tissues. In the absence of continuous feeding, the availability of metabolic fuels ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Fibromyalgia is the second most common rheumatic disorder behind osteoarthritis and, though still widely misunderstood, is now considered to be a lifelong central nervous system disorder, which is ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders can affect any part of the nervous system (Table 1). Some of them affect only a single area (e.g., limbic encephalitis) or a single cell type (e.g., the Purkinje ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

The devastating consequences of mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II), also called Hunter syndrome, may soon become preventable ...

The nervous system is the system of nerves which travel throughout the body passages messages via electrical impulses. The brain is key to the nervous system and provides the processing power to make ...