Nervous system
The brain, spinal cord, and nerves that sense, integrate, and command the body — the fast electrical/chemical signaling counterpart to the endocrine system.
Organs
Hormones
- Adrenaline (Epinephrine)· Adrenal medulla
- Cortisol· Adrenal cortex
- Melatonin· Pineal gland
- Oxytocin· Posterior pituitary
Substances & behaviors
Functions & conditions
- Appetite Regulation
- Arousal
- Autonomic Control
- Balance
- Breathing Regulation
- Circadian Rhythm Regulation
- Coordination
- Hearing
- Heart Rate Regulation
- Homeostasis
- Motor Control
- Pain Perception
- Reflex Coordination
- Sensory Processing
- Sleep Regulation
- Smell
- Stress Response
- Taste
- Temperature Regulation
- Thirst Regulation
- Touch
- Vision
- Voluntary Movement
- Wakefulness
Books (7)
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Gray’s Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Mind-Gut Connection
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Research (6)
- The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Vasovagal Syncope Arcinas et al. (2024)
- Social jet lag and morning blood pressure surge-central nervous system matters? Nagai et al. (2023)
- Editorial: Feline tumors of nervous system Mandara et al. (2023)
- Basics of autonomic nervous system function Gibbons (2019)
- AUTONOMIC nervous system
- The elementary nervous system PANTIN (1952)
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