nervous tissue
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Nervous tissue is the material that makes up the nervous system, the body's communication network. It matters because it allows your body to sense your surroundings, process that information, and respond by controlling muscles and other functions.
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Research
237,943 papers- Nervous tissue proteoglycans.EXS · 1994
- Mini-review: "Enteric glia functions in nervous tissue repair: Therapeutic target or tool?".Neuroscience letters · 2023
- Myostatin and CXCL11 promote nervous tissue macrophages to maintain osteoarthritis pain.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024
- Nervous Tissue Stiffens Postinjury.Biophysical journal · 2020
- Lipids of nervous tissue: composition and metabolism.Progress in lipid research · 1985
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Nervous tissue, also called neural tissue, is the main tissue component of the nervous system. The nervous system regulates and controls body functions and activity. It consists of two parts: the central nervous system (CNS) comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) comprising the branching peripheral nerves. It is composed of neurons, also known as nerve cells, which receive and transmit impulses to and from it, and neuroglia, also known as glial cells or glia, which assist the propagation of the nerve impulse as well as provide nutrients to the neurons.
Nervous tissue is made up of different types of neurons, all of which have an axon. An axon is the long stem-like part of the cell that sends action potentials to the next cell. Bundles of axons make up the nerves in the PNS and tracts in the CNS.