Dictionary definition: peripheral nervous system

Article: Peripheral Nervous System
Biology;      700+ words ...Peripheral Nervous System The peripheral nervous system (PNS) refers to all the neurons (and their supporting ... extremely important function, the brain relies upon the peripheral nervous system, and its information gathering capabilities, to ...

Article: Israeli Inventors Develop Peripheral Nervous ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 16, 2008 ;     529 words ... ... Israel, have developed a peripheral nervous system disease treating system ... disease of the central or peripheral nervous system. In one embodiment ... nervous system or the peripheral nervous system. The activated T cells ...

Article: New findings from Malmo University in the area of ...
Health & Medicine Week;  December 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... scientists writing in the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System report (see also Peripheral Nervous System). A 7-mm sciatic nerve defect ... their study in the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System (Costimulation blockade in transplantation ...

Article: Nerve disease breakthrough ; Researchers have discovered a ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 21, 2008 ;     302 words ... ... to the way in which the peripheral nervous system repairs damage. Researchers ... cures for diseases of the peripheral nervous system. They also hope to find ... system to act like the peripheral nervous system and so repair damage in ...

Article: Peripheral nervous system manifestations in ...
Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine;  July 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... considered a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and elucidation of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) in patients and animal models ... useful for future investigations into nervous system disorders that could involve demyelination ...

Peripheral neuropathy.(nerve palsy due to peripheral ...
Clinical Reference Systems;  May 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with the nerves of the peripheral nervous system. It is also called nerve palsy. The peripheral nervous system is the term used for all ... food are also part of the peripheral nervous system. How does it occur ...

Article: HTLV-1 and the Peripheral Nervous System.
Neurology Alert;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...HTLV-1 and the Peripheral Nervous System Abstract & Commentary ... myelopathy, involvement of the peripheral nervous system also occurs. Source: Grindstaff P, Gruener G. The Peripheral Nervous System Complications of HTLV ...