Central Nervous System (CNS)

The central nervous system (CNS) is the processing center for the nervous system. It receives information from and sends information to the peripheral nervous system. The two main organs of the CNS are the brain and spinal cord. The brain processes

The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is connected to the spinal cord. The brain helps interpret information received from the spinal cord. Through the spinal cord signals are sent to the rest of body and back to the brain. Nerve cells (neurons) are found in the nervous system and they help communicate with other cells through electrical signals. Some of the nerve cells are coated with a myelin sheath. Myelinated neurons allow electrical signals to travel at a faster speed. When the myelinated part of the nerve cell is destroyed, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can be the one to blame.

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder which is characterized by multiple areas of scarring to nerve fibers of the CNS. It often affects people between 20 to 40 years. Currently there are about 1.1 million people suffering from multiple sclerosis. Like most of the autoimmune diseases females are more affected than males in this disease. Multiple Sclerosis effects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The disease commences with a discrete attack known as CIS (clinically isolated syndrome), which may attack any area of the CNS but mostly attacks either the brain stem, optic nerve or spinal cord.

Multiple sclerosis is a progressive disease that affects the central nervous system, which includes but is not limited to the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Within the CNS the immune system attacks myelin sheaths, which are fatty membranes surrounding the axon of a neuron. Overtime the damaged myelin sheath forms scar tissue called sclerosis, which is what gives the disease its name. When scleroses are formed on the myelin sheath, nerve impulses that travel to and from the brain and spinal cord are dramatically slowed and sometimes even completely blocked. Consequently the muscular system is not able to function properly, which is what gives MS such crippling symptoms.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack myelin sheath causing neurological damage to areas of the brain and causes neurological deterioration. In the brain the myelin sheath is involved with what allows for communication between brain and the body. As the disease progresses the sheath deteriorates the neurons where the myelin sheath is found is damaged, causing a break or loss of information when the brain is trying to communicate with the brain. As the central nervous system (CNS) is deteriorating it causes permanent damage that is incurable. The symptoms are not as

Multiple Sclerosis is also known as MS and is a disease of the central nervous system. It is a chronic inflammation disease that is immune-mediated and attacks the protective sheath that covers the fibers of the nerve and causes problems of communication between the brain and the remainder of the body. This disease will eventually cause the nerves to deteriorate or become damaged permanently. Multiple Sclerosis has the potential to disable the brain and spinal cord. The cause of this autoimmune disease unknown. The body’s immune system attacks its own tissues.

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a rare disease that directly disables the central nervous system (CNS). While there has been some recent studies, there still isn’t enough research for scientist to classify the exact causes of MS. However, all researchers declare that the causation of MS is a direct impact of the disease “attacking” the central nervous system, which leads to a disruption of the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body (National MS Society). When there is a disturbance within the CNS, signals within the brain and from the brain to the body are altered, which can have devastating effects on patients. MS is a mysterious disease that still has a lot of research to be conducted in order for scientist and doctors

One important disease that detrimentally affects the nervous system is multiple sclerosis (MS). This debilitating demyelinating disease

The Virus, Multiple Sclerosis, affects the nervous system which affects the brain and spinal cord. The nervous system, centered by the brain, generates every impulse that is directed into the musculoskeletal system for the stimulation of both muscular movement and reaction. As the chief component of the nervous system generally, the brain is positioned at the first branch of the nervous system (Nervous System). The spinal cord is primarily composed of nerve cells, known as the neurons (Nervous System).

Multiple Sclerosis also commonly referred to as MS is considered an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The key to understanding MS is to recognize its relationship to the human immune system. The immune system is an intricate

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that involves the central nervous system (CNS), the nerves that comprise the brain and spinal cord. It has two major features2:

The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord (Marieb and Hoehn, 2014), which includes neural tissue in the body (Farley, Johnstone, Hendry and McLafferty, 2014). Homeostasis occurs in the central nervous system, monitoring and responding to change externally and internally (Farley, Johnstone, Hendry and McLafferty, 2014). Memory, behaviour and starting voluntary movements are controlled by the central nervous system (Farley, Johnstone, Hendry and McLafferty, 2014), with the spinal cord providing quick responses to stimuli, aiding homeostasis (Tortora and Derrickson, 2013). Muscular sclerosis is a condition that affects the CNS, the chronic inflammatory disease occurs due to the breakdown of the myelin

Among all cancers originating in the central nervous system (CNS), glioma cells have the most malignant properties. Glioma tumors are a type of brain and spine tumor that grow rapidly, and usually cause death within a year. Methods of treating glioma tumors with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy have been generally unsuccessful (Ellert-Miklaszewska et al. 2003). Thus, the pursuit for a more effective treatment is required for gliomas. This experiment examined two main pathways involved in glioma tumorigenesis. Wei et al. (2013) showed the MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways were main factors in tumor growth, and were therefore logical targets of interest. The hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), a transcription factor reported to be a master regulator in glioma hypoxic response development was also identified. This tumor hypoxia drives malignant progression by activating molecules that assist in cell survival, invasiveness, and tumor angiogenesis (Peterson et al. 2005). These studies showed HIF-1 inhibited glioma cell growth. Vaccani et al. (2005) reported cannabinoids, the active component of Cannabis sativa, inhibited glioma cell growth. In addition, the non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) acted on glioma receptors, inhibiting cell growth (Vaccani et al. 2005). CBD was shown to induce apoptosis, oxidative stress, and other pathways associated with glioma tumor growth (Vaccani et al. 2005). Little is known regarding the exact mechanisms involved with this reported