The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is one of two components that make up the nervous system of bilateral animals, with the other part being the central...

usage, the word neuropathy (neuro-, "nervous system" and -pathy, "disease of") without modifier usually means peripheral neuropathy. Neuropathy affecting...

The somatic nervous system (SNS), also known as voluntary nervous system, is a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that links brain and spinal...

vertebrates, it consists of two main parts, the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS consists of the brain and spinal...

central nervous system (CNS) comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) comprising the branching peripheral nerves....

other areas and are also linked to autonomic subsystems and the peripheral nervous system. The hypothalamus, just above the brain stem, acts as an integrator...

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain, spinal cord and retina. The CNS is so named because...

the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system connects to the muscles and glands and sends information to the central nervous system. There...

synapses. Neuroregeneration differs between the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the central nervous system (CNS) by the functional mechanisms involved...

disorders Peripheral nervous system disorders (e.g., Peripheral neuropathy) Cranial nerve disorder (e.g., trigeminal neuralgia) Autonomic nervous system disorders...

the body. The human nervous system consists of two main parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS contains...

wide range of injuries or diseases that impact the musculoskeletal or nervous system. Muscle atrophy leads to muscle weakness and causes disability. Disuse...

non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) and in the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses...

where the information is processed. Damage to the peripheral nervous system or central nervous system can result in a decline or loss of pallesthesia....

polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function...

urinary bladder problems due to disease or injury of the central nervous system or peripheral nerves involved in the control of urination. There are multiple...

paraneoplastic syndrome, although it is used more often to refer to the peripheral nervous system. Symptomatic features of paraneoplastic syndrome cultivate in...

A nervous system tumor is a tumor that arises within the nervous system, either the central nervous system (CNS) or the peripheral nervous system (PNS)...

Myelin in the central nervous system (CNS) differs slightly in composition and configuration from myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), but both perform...

Nerves have historically been considered the basic units of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the electrochemical nerve...

ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system, this includes dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal...

in the central nervous system, neuroregeneration in the peripheral nervous system is possible. The processes that occur in peripheral regeneration can...

a hydrostatic skeleton.[citation needed] Earthworms have a central nervous system consisting of two ganglia above the mouth, one on either side, connected...

The autonomic nervous system is a component of the peripheral nervous system and comprises two branches: the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the...

one of three classes of nerve fiber in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The Group C fibers are unmyelinated and have...

of peripheral nerves in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) groups the nerves into two main groups, the somatic and the autonomic nervous systems. Together...

lines of the nervous system, and as bundles they form nerves in the peripheral nervous system, or nerve tracts in the central nervous system (CNS). Some...

German physiologist Theodor Schwann) are the principal glia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Glial cells function to support neurons and in the PNS...

receptors to the central nervous system. Many afferent projections arrive at a particular brain region. In the peripheral nervous system, afferent nerve fibers...

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS or SANS, sympathetic autonomic nervous system, to differentiate it from the somatic nervous system) is one of the three...