X-Nico

unusual facts about central nervous system



Edmund Jacobson

He found out that tension and exertion was always accompanied by a shortening of the muscular fibres, that the reduction of the muscular tonus decreased the activity of the central nervous system, that relaxation was the contrary of states of excitement and well suited for a general remedy and prophylaxis against psychosomatic disorders.

Heinrich Obersteiner

Makroskopische Untersuchung des Zentralnervensystems, in Alberhalden's Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden, part 8, T. 1; Berlin and Vienna, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1924 - Macroscopic examination of the central nervous system.

Hypohidrosis

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and ⁄ or spinal cord is the best modality for evaluation when the lesion is suspected to be localized to the central nervous system.

Menelas N. Pangalos

Dr. Pangalos has edited the book “Understanding G protein-coupled receptors in the CNS”, as well as a number of journal issues focused on drug discovery in the CNS.

Oligodendrocyte progenitor

OPCs are a subtype of glia cells in the central nervous system, characterized by expression of the proteoglycan PDGFRA, and, in the case of polydendrocytes, CSPG4.

Serotonin syndrome

Serotonin syndrome is not an idiopathic drug reaction; it is a predictable consequence of excess serotonergic activity at central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral serotonin receptors.

Shigella dysenteriae

The most commonly observed signs associated with Shigella dysentery include colitis, malnutrition, rectal prolapse, tenesmus, reactive arthritis, and CNS problems.


see also

Acetylcholinesterase

In the central nervous system it is associated with PRiMA which stands for Proline Rich Membrane anchor to form symmetric form.

Arachnoid

Arachnoid mater, a layer of the meninges, membranes that contain the central nervous system

D33

the ICD-10 code for a benign neoplasm of brain and other parts of central nervous system

D43

the ICD-10 code for a neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of brain and central nervous system

Interleukin 13

The eggs of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni may lodge in a variety of organs including the gut wall, liver, lung and even central nervous system, inducing the formation of granulomas under the control of IL-13.

Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury, researchers at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis found the first direct evidence of successful regeneration of adult human central nervous system tissue.

Lockjaw

Tetanus, an infectious disease of the central nervous system.

Parkinson

Parkinson's disease, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system

Protective autoimmunity

The term ‘protective autoimmunity’ was coined by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), whose pioneering studies were the first to demonstrate that autoimmune T lymphocytes can have a beneficial role in repair, following an injury to the central nervous system (CNS).

Reticular theory

W. His in Leipzig studied the embryological development of the central nervous system and concluded that his observations were consistent with the classic cell theory (that nerve cells were individual cells), and not the reticular theory.

Rick Shapiro

On April 25, 2013, Shapiro was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disorder that attacks the central nervous system.

Roach bait

The active ingredient Fipronil .05% disrupts the insect central nervous system, leading to the cockroach’s death in 6 to 24 hours.

SEMA4D

By binding plexin B1 receptor it functions as an R-Ras GTPase-activating protein (GAP) and repels axon growth cones in both the mature central nervous system.

Urofacial syndrome

The HPSE2 gene is expressed in both the central nervous system as well as the bladder.