nerve center

nerve center

n.

1. A group of closely connected nerve cells that perform a specific function.

2. A source of power or control: Our Boston office is the nerve center of the corporation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nerve center - a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam" nerve centre centre, center - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
	2.	nerve center - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" nerve centre, center, centre neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system auditory center - the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve olfactory brain, rhinencephalon - a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca - the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center - the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people superior colliculus - an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex inferior colliculus - an essential auditory center in the midbrain respiratory center - the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles