nervous system

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But the enteric nervous system, which governs gut motility through a dense network of neurons that neuroscientists sometimes call the “second brain,” is not built to sustain that kind of chronic, pharmacological override.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

The trauma meant her nervous system was in a "fight or flight" state.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

But the brain’s task is merely to keep us alive by reading “body-to-brain signals” such as hunger and thirst: The nervous system evolved to “mind the body.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

For the first time, his presence didn’t heighten my nervous system.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Stretchers and wheelchairs were beached here and there against the hissing, knocking pipes that ran and branched in an intricate nervous system along the glittering walls.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath