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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord
Synonyms:
peripheral nervous system; systema nervosum periphericum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peripheral nervous system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Holonyms ("peripheral nervous system" is a part of...):
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
Context examples:
Diseases characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin in the central or peripheral nervous system.
(Demyelinating Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Somatostatin also acts as a neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
(Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In the brain BDNF has a trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons, and in the peripheral nervous system it acts on both motor and sensory neurons.
(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A benign peripheral nervous system neoplasm that is composed of well-differentiated Schwann cells and affects the heart.
(Benign Cardiac Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It binds to cancer cells in the brain and peripheral nervous system and may keep them from spreading.
(Chlorotoxin, NCI Dictionary)
It exerts trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons in the brain and on motor and sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system.
(Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 protein, plays a role in G protein-coupled receptor signal transduction and may influence the effects of acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system.
(CHRM4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Neural crest cells become the peripheral nervous system while the neural tube forms the central nervous system.
(Nervous System Development, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in the development of both lymphoid tissue and the peripheral nervous system.
(Artemin, NCI Thesaurus)
An agent that exerts a physiologic effect on neurotransmission or on any anatomic entity that is part of the nervous system, including the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS).
(Agent Affecting Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)
