nervous system
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These more severe symptoms may last several weeks, and lead to permanent damage to the brain and nervous system.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
By focusing on a single anchor—like your breath or a phrase—you shift your brain out of its fight-or-flight mode and activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which controls your body’s “rest and digest” functions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
His cancer was graded stage three, and is not in his bones or nervous system.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
"For the first time, we can follow information flow from sensation to action across an entire nervous system," added co-author Arie Matsliah of the PNI.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
By the time we reach her room, the silence feels rabid, like any second it'll attack and fry my central nervous system and I won’t be able to speak.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
