control center
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Through inhibition, the brain was seen as the self’s control center: the source of our ability not just to see, for instance, but to focus, to pay attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Progerin harms cells by destabilizing their nucleus, the "control center" that manages cell activity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
The sprawling Hawthorne campus is the location of the company’s mission control center, and employs thousands of employees who build the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
Thanks to the tweak, a specific group of neurons in the hypothalamus, a physiological control center deep in the brain, remained active as the animals got older.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
The ad-hoc Pathfinder control center was an accomplishment in itself.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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