nerve system

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The team used cutting-edge technology to directly manipulate fat or sugar neurons in the vagus nerve system and demonstrated that both types of neurons cause a dopamine release in the brain's reward center in mice.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Van Achterberg, who runs a modeling agency, got into the sport after her left leg was amputated following an injury when she was 11 that left her nerve system severely damaged.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

But one thing researchers have recently come to understand is that the pelvic nerve system varies enormously from one woman to the next.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2016

Kyle Lowry, the Raptors’ engine and nerve system, had shed several pounds to make his killer first half of the previous year more sustainable.

From The Guardian • May 17, 2016

To secure this, the nerve system of the spine must be stimulated, and there is no better stimulus to be had than "massage."

From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce