The autonomic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls visceral functions such as heart rate, respiratory rate and digestion. It consists of enteric ...

The enteric nervous system functions to control the gastrointestinal system ... and larger networks that generate an organism's perception of the world and determine its behavior. Along with neurons, ...

The _____ nervous system is composed of over 200 million neurons located entirely within the peripheral nervous system and can function without extrinsic input. The bulbous expansions in the terminal ...

Cholinergic neurons in the central nervous system also provide modulatory control of target function through long-range projections to major brain areas involved in learning, emotion, and response to ...

Receptor cells detect a change in the environmental (a stimulus) and start electrical signals along neurons. These move towards the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is the brain and spinal cord.

Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to ...

The relationship between our nervous and digestive systems is a ... Specifically, their model aims for a closer look at ...

To regulate digestion, the neurons in the intestine sense the mechanical pressures caused by the passage of food. A team from ...

This valuable study reveals extensive binding of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) to the 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of efficiently translated mRNAs in human pluripotent stem ...

We focus particularly on defining the determinants of anteroposterior (A-P) axial identity (i.e. the position cells occupy along the head-tail axis) and how this influences cell fate decision-making ...

Waclawiková, Barbora Codutti, Agnese Alim, Karen and El Aidy, Sahar 2022. Gut microbiota-motility interregulation: insights from in vivo, ex vivo and in silico ...