nervous system
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It has been linked to behavioral issues, damage to the brain and central nervous system, and other health problems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
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
Get too much of it and you can irreparably damage the brain and central nervous system.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
