How to Use peripheral nervous system in a Sentence
peripheral nervous system
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The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system, while the nerves running from them form the peripheral nervous system.
—Lynn Peterson Mobley, Washington Post, 8 July 2018
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The peripheral nervous system is composed of all the nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
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And the peripheral nervous system, which carries pain signals from the source, can be involved in chronic pain — along with, or instead of, the spinal cord and brain.
—Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019
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Schwannomas arise from nerve cells called Schwann cells, which are part of the peripheral nervous system.
—Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 26 May 2018
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The disease mostly impacts the skin and the peripheral nervous system, according to the EID.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2023
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The ancient disease attacks the skin, peripheral nervous system and even the bones themselves.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
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Guillain-Barre syndrome occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks and injures the nerves outside of the spinal cord or brain – the peripheral nervous system.
—Aarti Sarwal, The Conversation, 7 July 2020
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The peripheral nervous system helps the body to manage pain and inflammation.
—Michael Wright, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
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The peripheral nervous system, which relays information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — from vital organs to skin — has gotten relatively short shrift.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2019
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own peripheral nervous system, starting with the feet and hands.
—Jenny Blair, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2013
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The result of something called peripheral neuropathy, this happens when the nerves of your peripheral nervous system (think the nerves outside your brain and spinal cord) become damaged.
—Eleesha Lockett, SELF, 3 May 2022
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These receptors are found in the peripheral nervous system and immune cells, including those related to pain sensation.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
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Another portal may be situated in the peripheral nervous system, which conveys sensory and motor impulses from muscles, organs and skin to the brain and spinal cord.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2021
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Adam remained in a coma for five days, before being diagnosed with an unidentified viral infection that led to the onset of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system.
—Crystal Ponti, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
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Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system.
—Brandon Girod, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
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In the neuromuscular area, the company is looking into multiple diseases driven by genetic defects in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and the peripheral nervous system.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
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Last month, Ashley, 34, revealed that her husband was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2020
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When a nerve agent shuts down this enzyme, classes of neurons throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems quickly get overstimulated, leading to profuse sweating, convulsions and an excruciating death by asphyxiation.
—Ian Haydon, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2017
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According to Zak, as part of a multi-million dollar government effort, his lab measured central and peripheral nervous system activity simultaneously.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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