Fiber tracts of the mammalian central nervous system (as opposed to the peripheral nervous system) are incapable of regeneration, and, hence, optic nerve damage produces irreversible blindness.

In fact, these adrenal medullary cells are modified postganglionic neurons, and preganglionic autonomic nerve fibers lead to them directly from the central nervous system.

The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve, or simply cranial nerve VII.

The trochlear nerve (the fourth cranial nerve) is a motor nerve (a somatic efferent nerve) that innervates a single muscle the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

The larvae are then transported via the blood to the central nervous system (CNS), where they are the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis, a serious condition that can lead to death or permanent brain and nerve damage.

The vestibulocochlear nerve (auditory vestibular nerve), known as the eighth cranial nerve, transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain.

The sixth nerve, the abducens nerve, which innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (moves the eye laterally), is also commonly affected but fourth nerve, the trochlear nerve, (innervates the superior oblique muscle, which moves the eye downward) involvement is unusual.

But Estonia kept its nerve.

It was a nerve wracking experience.

Results may indicate lesion to the spinal cord nerve root, or intervertebral disc herniation pressing on the spinal nerve roots.

And yes, it's a little nerve wracking.

Central American Integration System (General Assembly resolution 50 2)

The International Foundation for Optic Nerve Diseases (IFOND) sponsors research and information on a variety of optic nerve disorders and may provide general direction.

Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a small secreted protein that is important for the growth, maintenance, and survival of certain target neurons (nerve cells).

The motor system is the part of the central nervous system that is involved with movement.

It takes nerve and energy to live like that.

This creates a constraint on the evolution of the visual system such that the optic nerve is forced to exit the retina through a point called the optic disc.

It is part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).

These mechanisms concern the entire United Nations system in Central Africa.

It can also cause nerve damage, eventually leading to paralysis.

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

The nervous system consists of a ventral nerve cord that runs the length of the body, with several ganglia and branches along the way reaching into the extremities of the appendages.

Expanded activities in travel document and issuance system improvement in the Caribbean, Central Asia, Central and South America, and South Asia.

Compared to the body of an oyster, for example, chimpanzees and humans are at least 99 identical bone for bone, muscle for muscle, nerve for nerve, organ for organ.

Fortunately, Gandhi held her nerve and began to prepare for war.

Once within a muscle or nerve cell, the virus undergoes replication.

By buying government securities, the central bank injects cash into the banking system.

Many nerve, respiratory and muscle diseases might also be caused by prions.

How i hate that day! its nerve wrecking if u ask me.

The silence of Arab governments in particular is hitting a raw nerve.

This condition leads to brain inflammation and the death of nerve cells.

Distal axonopathy occurs most severely in the longest nerve in the horse.

Treatments included peripheral nerve stimulation, electrical muscle stimulation and electric shock therapy.

The tumor cells always stay on the outside of the nerve, but the tumor itself may either push the nerve aside and or up against a bony structure (thereby possibly causing damage).

We must therefore restore to the Assembly a central place in our multilateral system.

The current accounting system and procedures are under central review by United Nations Headquarters.

In 2008, Mexico s government decided to attack the drug cartels operational nerve centers.

The strangest thing about the Duma election was that Putin lost his nerve.

Epidermal nerve fiber density testing (ENFD) is a more recently developed neuropathology test in which a punch skin biopsy is taken to identify small fiber neuropathies by analyzing the nerve fibers of the skin.

After all, Egypt is the heart, brain, and nerve center of the Arab world.

It may refer to the coupling of adjacent (touching) nerve fibers caused by the exchange of ions between the cells, or it may refer to coupling of nerve fibers as a result of local electric fields.

It is thought that these difficulties arise from dysfunction in the central nervous system (i.e., brain).

It shows how vulnerable a modern city can be when its leaders lose their nerve.

By calling for the destruction of the Zionist entity, Iran s president rubs that raw nerve.

Blood brain barrier The blood brain barrier is a part of the capillary system that prevents the entry of T cells into the central nervous system.