How to Use central nervous system in a Sentence

central nervous system

noun
  • This one has ibotenic acid and muscimol, which act on the central nervous system.
    Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Tau is a normal protein found in the brain and the central nervous system that has a stabilizing effect on cells.
    Will Hobson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2020
  • In 8% of Burkitt lymphoma cases, the cancer will spread to the central nervous system.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Mithoff said doctors have described the effects of the injury to her central nervous system as similar to those of a stroke.
    Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The animals have no central nervous system or pain receptors.
    Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The 41-year-old was hospitalized due to severe central nervous system disease and died within a week.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Magnesium is a crucial nutrient for the central nervous system.
    Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Octopuses, with their central nervous systems and brains distributed across eight limbs, have managed cunning escapes from their tanks.
    Melissa Chan, Time, 22 Jan. 2020
  • According to Mithoff, the 2-year-old suffered a brain injury that affects the central nervous system and is similar to a stroke.
    CBS News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The gut-brain axis is a communication pathway that connects the gut microbiota with the central nervous system.
    Roxana Ehsani, Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Mithoff told the Chronicle doctors have described the injury's effect on the child's central nervous system as being equivalent to a stroke.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Sarah Hwang was diagnosed in 1999 with MS, a disease of the central nervous system.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Doctors have described the brain injury as the equivalent of a stroke in its effect on the girl's central nervous system, Mithoff said according to the Chronicle.
    Jill Martin, CNN, 8 Jan. 2020
  • These include the central nervous system, the testes and the eye.
    William Petri, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
  • The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system (CNS).
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • And, yet this virus is still able to sneak into the central nervous system.
    Dr. Minali Nigam and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 July 2020
  • The virus attacks the central nervous system, which leads to brain disease and death.
    Madeline Farber, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The disease impacts the central nervous system—the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
    Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Your central nervous system contains a spinal cord and a 3-pound brain.
    WIRED, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Plus is Fipronil, which works by inhibiting the central nervous system of fleas and ticks.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In both of these cases, not enough blood is getting to the central nervous system (the brain, the spinal cord and the retinas), which can lead to cell death -- the hallmark of a stroke.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
  • That is not for sure because the virus can remain present in other places in the body (mainly in the central nervous system).
    Esther Nakkazi, CNN, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Those can be problems with the central nervous system or even a tumor.
    Jessica Migala, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • That taxes your central nervous system and your whole body.
    Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Its head grows a cluster of nerve cells that serve as a brain, along with a central nervous system that extends throughout its body.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The chemical acts on crows’ central nervous system and sends the birds into convulsions, scaring the rest of the flock.
    Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The peripheral nerves also carry signals from the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
    The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The Ebola virus can persist in their bodies, including in the eyes and the central nervous system, even after being cleared from the rest of the body.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 29 Dec. 2020
  • More than 90 percent of drugs that target the central nervous system fail in trials.
    Juan Enriquez, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022

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