Nervous system/Related Articles

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Animal [r]: A multicellular organism that feeds on other organisms, and is distinguished from plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms. ^[e]
Neuroscience [r]: The study of nervous systems and their components. ^[e]

Central nervous system [r]: The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. ^[e]
Autonomous nervous system [r]: Add brief definition or description
Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
Cortex [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Cortex (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Cerebellum [r]: The small brain — a part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. ^[e]
Nerve [r]: A bundle of nerve fibres that connects the central nervous system with other organs in an animal body. ^[e]
White matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue whose volume is dominated by myelinated axons of nerve cells. ^[e]
Grey matter [r]: A subset of brain tissue that contains few myelinated axons but the somas of nerve cells, as well as glia and endothelial structures. ^[e]
Myelin [r]: The proteinaceous material constituting most of the insulating sheath that surrounds the axons of nerve cells. ^[e]
Neurogenesis [r]: The formation of nerve cells from neural progenitor cells by means of cell division. ^[e]
Brain plasticity [r]: The ability of the brain to adapt to new situations, e.g. by learning or neurogenesis. ^[e]
Synapse [r]: Contact point between neurons and other cells, crucial for nerve signalling ^[e]
Glial cells [r]: Add brief definition or description