nervous tissue

Also known as nerve tissue

main component of the nervous system

AI overview

Nervous tissue is the material that makes up the nervous system, the body's communication network. It matters because it allows your body to sense your surroundings, process that information, and respond by controlling muscles and other functions.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 443 inbound references to nervous tissue, and connects out to neuroglia, axon and synapse.

It is catalogued under topics including Neurohistology and Tissues (biology).

Vinony links it to 63 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

237,983 papers

Nervous tissue proteoglycans.ReviewEXS · 1994Margolis RK, Margolis RUDOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7545-5_9
Mini-review: "Enteric glia functions in nervous tissue repair: Therapeutic target or tool?".ReviewNeuroscience letters · 2023Sunardi M, Cirillo CDOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137360
Myostatin and CXCL11 promote nervous tissue macrophages to maintain osteoarthritis pain.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Martin Gil C, Raoof R, Versteeg S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.12.004
Nervous Tissue Stiffens Postinjury.Biophysical journal · 2020Kuhl EDOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.09.050
Lipids of nervous tissue: composition and metabolism.ReviewProgress in lipid research · 1985Sastry PSDOI: 10.1016/0163-7827(85)90011-6
IGF-Binding Proteins and Their Proteolysis as a Mechanism of Regulated IGF Release in the Nervous Tissue.ReviewBiochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2023Dya GA, Klychnikov OI, Adasheva DA et al.DOI: 10.1134/S0006297923140079
Fatty acid-binding proteins of nervous tissue.ReviewJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2001Veerkamp JH, Zimmerman AWDOI: 10.1385/JMN:16:2-3:133
Control of Innate Immunity by Sialic Acids in the Nervous Tissue.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Liao H, Klaus C, Neumann HDOI: 10.3390/ijms21155494

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Encyclopedic overview

Nervous tissue, also called neural tissue, is the main tissue component of the nervous system. The nervous system regulates and controls body functions and activity. It consists of two parts: the central nervous system (CNS) comprising the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) comprising the branching peripheral nerves. It is composed of neurons, also known as nerve cells, which receive and transmit impulses to and from it, and neuroglia, also known as glial cells or glia, which assist the propagation of the nerve impulse as well as provide nutrients to the neurons.

Nervous tissue is made up of different types of neurons, all of which have an axon. An axon is the long stem-like part of the cell that sends action potentials to the next cell. Bundles of axons make up the nerves in the PNS and tracts in the CNS.

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