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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 ...

This article explores the central nervous system, focusing on the structure and function of the diencephalon, brain stem and cerebellum, as well as the spinal cord. This is a Self-assessment article ...

Injured axons instruct Schwann cells to build specialized actin spheres to break down and remove axon fragments, thereby starting the regeneration process. Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate ...

This article, which is the second of a six-part series on the nervous system, considers the structure and key functions of the brain, starting with the cerebrum. This article, the second of a series ...

IN these two volumes Sir William Gowers has collected in revised form a number of clinical lectures which have appeared in various medical journals. In the latter volume he has also printed the Bowman ...

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system controls thought, movement, and emotion, as well as breathing, heart rate, hormones, and body temperature.

Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is a rare, frequently misdiagnosed condition that affects the brain and spinal cord and is characterized by a variety of neurologic symptoms at ...