Nervous System

In biology, the nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events. Nervous tissue first arose in wormlike organisms about 550 to 600 million years ago. In 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 cord. The PNS consists mainly …

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ICIPE: African Insect Science for Food and Health · 18 October 2024 English

Started in 2015, the GBS series brings together Indeed, the ReSAKSS 2024 Annual Trends experts and stakeholders from all hemispheres and and Outlook Report (ATOR), titled ‘Advancing backgrounds, representing the …

Bactrocera dorsalis. trap in the Stomoxys nervous system, we practices along the mango value chain in


UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 9 October 2024 English

Chemicals and Waste Issues of Concern: A Summary Analysis of Stakeholders’ Views on Priorities for Further Work and Potential Further International Action In 2020, UNEP published an Assessment Report on …

lead because of its effects on the central nervous system, including toxicity on neurological development


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 2 October 2024 English

This paper presents current developments and challenges in the prevention and management of obesity in the European Union. The analysis provides an overview of the disease, emphasises the importance of …

communicates with other organs and the central nervous system to regulate the body’s metabolism in many


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2 October 2024 English

measurement, recording, and modification of the human nervous system, the handling, analysis, treatment, storage involving the nervous system are very sensitive because the highly complex human nervous system is the coordinating neurotechnology. I.2. DEFINITIONS 11. Nervous system. The nervous system includes the central (brain, spinal autonomic, enteric) nervous system. Scientific evidence demonstrates that nervous system activity is the consciousness, sleep and the experience of pain. The nervous system activity and structure provide information


EU: European Union · 30 September 2024 English

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ActionAid Australia · 27 September 2024 English

According to OCHA, in 2022, despite and one girl) and injured at least 6,106 (including 159 an increase in the number of Palestinians permitted to women) with live ammunition in …

with increased activation of the sympathetic nervous system and release of hormones (e.g., cortisol, estrogen


ActionAid International · 27 September 2024 English

According to OCHA, in 2022, despite and one girl) and injured at least 6,106 (including 159 an increase in the number of Palestinians permitted to women) with live ammunition in …

with increased activation of the sympathetic nervous system and release of hormones (e.g., cortisol, estrogen


UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund · 27 September 2024 English

Protecting children from seven deadly sources of air pollution

indirectly affect the fetus • Negative impacts on development of respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, endocrine and nervous systems • Lungs, brain and other organs still developing • Inflammation in children’s smaller airways causes proportionally


Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health and Community Services · 23 September 2024 English

Discontinuation: Treatment must be discontinued if the patient does not meet all of the renewal criteria or if the patient has any of the following: • an eGFR decrease to …

active or uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system Renewal Criteria: • Written confirmation that active or uncontrolled metastases in the central nervous system. 2. Maintenance therapy with niraparib should active or uncontrolled metastases in the central nervous system. 2. Platinum-sensitive disease is defined as active or uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system. 2. Treatment should continue until unacceptable active or uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system. 3. Treatment should be discontinued upon disease


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 20 September 2024 English

Presents an overview of Canada’s impaired driving laws and data on the extent of both alcohol- and drug-impaired driving in Canada. The policy brief looks at the Criminal Code as …

drivers. Alcohol was present in 16.1%, central nervous system (CNS) depressants (e.g., antihistamines, muscle


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