Central nervous system agents

central nervous system

n. Abbr. CNS

The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

central nervous system

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the mass of nerve tissue that controls and coordinates the activities of an animal. In vertebrates it consists of the brain and spinal cord Abbreviation CNS Compare autonomic nervous system

central nervous system

The part of the nervous system in vertebrate animals that consists of the brain and spinal cord. Compare peripheral nervous system.

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Noun

central nervous system - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

CNS, systema nervosum centrale

system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"

nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

glia, neuroglia - sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system

brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

substantia alba, white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

corticospinal tract, pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract - any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord

medulla spinalis, spinal cord - a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

Translations

central nervous system n → sistema m nervoso centrale

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acataphasia
amphetamine
amphetamine sulfate
amphetamine sulphate
analeptic
anarthria
bovine spongiform encephalitis
CNS
corticospinal tract
encephalon
glia
macroglia
medulla spinalis
methylphenidate
microglia
nervous system
neuroglia
oligodendroglia
pep pill

5 percent) and central nervous system agents (15 percent) were the most common.

Antibiotics make up single largest class of drugs causing liver injury by Asian News International

Among other major paired LASAs were cardiovascular medications, such as lisinopril and enalapril, and central nervous system agents, such as trazodone and chlorpromazine.

Bulk central nervous system agents demand will benefit from advances in a number of therapies.

World pharmaceutical chemicals demand to increase 6.3% annually ... by Research Studies - Freedonia Group

central artery of the retina

central control officer

Central Dravidian