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Nervous System : Topics in Social Science
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The nervous system has long been recognized as the locus of the control of human action, but the nature of its contribution and the mechanisms by which this is achieved are still a matter of active debate. The main thrust of investigation has been...
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Nervous System Summary
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How are human functions such as movement, learning, thought, and reflexive action regulated by the body? For a very long time, scholars divided these processes into two large categories: those controlled by the brain and those controlled by the mind....
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Advances in Understanding the Nervous System Summary
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Neurology, the study of the brain along with the body's nervous system, had little structure in the medical community of late-Medieval and Renaissance Europe. The renewed intellectual enthusiasm of the Renaissance brought about an appreciation...
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Central Nervous System Stimulants Summary
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Central nervous system (CNS) stimulants are medicines that speed up physical and mental processes. They are used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and other disorders of the central nervous system. The most commonly...
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Nervous system Information
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The nervous system is a highly specialized tissue network. Nervous systems are found in many multicellular animals but differ greatly in complexity between species. The principle component of the nervous system are cells called neurons which are capable...
 


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Anthropological Quarterly
The Nervous System
07/01/2006: 1,562 words, approx. 5 pages
The Nervous System Elizabeth Bromley, M.D. University of California, Los Angeles Jackie Orr, Panic Diaries: A Genealogy of Panic Disorder. Durham: Duke University Press, November 2005, 344 pp. Feeling states have a history too. In fact, according to historian German Berrios, the idea...
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Cocaine and the nervous system.
04/14/1990: 404 words, approx. 1 pages
Cocaine and the nervous system Len Bias didn't have a chance. Minutes after the University of Maryland basketball player overdosed on cocaine, he developed an erratic, uncontrollable heartbeat. He died June 19, 1986, a casualty of a heart syndrome known as sudden...
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New York health officials issue lead warning over illegal cosmetics
4/26/2007: 299 words, approx. 1 pages
New York health officials have warned that some illegal imported cosmetic products may contain lead, which can cause brain and nervous system damage.Lead has been known to be harmful for many years, but the city reissued its warning Thursday after investigating five cases of pregnant...
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EU bans mercury in thermometers, other measuring devices
7/10/2007: 337 words, approx. 1 pages
The use of mercury in thermometers and other measuring devices will be banned in the European Union to protect the environment and human health.The European Parliament on Tuesday approved new rules banning the use of the highly toxic metal in fever thermometers, manometers _ devices...
 


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