How to Use central nervous system in a Sentence

central nervous system

noun
  • Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • And, yet this virus is still able to sneak into the central nervous system.
    — Dr. Minali Nigam and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 July 2020
  • The most well-known is lavender, which acts on the central nervous system.
    — Sallie Tisdale, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2018
  • These include the central nervous system, the testes and the eye.
    — William Petri, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
  • Your central nervous system contains a spinal cord and a 3-pound brain.
    — WIRED, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Those can be problems with the central nervous system or even a tumor.
    — Jessica Migala, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • This one has ibotenic acid and muscimol, which act on the central nervous system.
    — Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The virus attacks the central nervous system, which leads to brain disease and death.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The effects of the drug slow down the central nervous system and may cause sleepiness and relaxed mood.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2024
  • All four are part of the central nervous system, which does not repair itself when damaged.
    — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
  • After all, our central nervous systems run on a certain kind of power, too.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • In this context, air transport has emerged as the central nervous system of resilient trade.
    — Alfonso Cahero, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • About half of all rare conditions affect the brain and central nervous system.
    — Craig Martin, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • Plus is Fipronil, which works by inhibiting the central nervous system of fleas and ticks.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system (CNS).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The disease impacts the central nervous system—the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Its head grows a cluster of nerve cells that serve as a brain, along with a central nervous system that extends throughout its body.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Mumps also can affect the central nervous system.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Effects of short-term exposure may cause harm to the heart, kidneys and central nervous system.
    — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system and causes disease and brain death.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • That is not for sure because the virus can remain present in other places in the body (mainly in the central nervous system).
    — Esther Nakkazi, CNN, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Think of decisioning as the brain and central nervous system of your business.
    — Bill Waid, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • More than 90 percent of drugs that target the central nervous system fail in trials.
    — Juan Enriquez, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This stage, while more serious, can affect the central nervous system and the heart, Wu said.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Tardigrades have eight legs with claws at the end, a brain and a central nervous system, and a sucker-like pharynx behind their mouth.
    — Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The green splash is a microglial cell, which responds to immune reactions in the central nervous system.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The larvae migrate to tissues like the brain and form cysts, which are diagnosed when found in the central nervous system.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The finding is striking for a variety of reasons—there’s the pesky fact that plants lack a central nervous system, for one thing.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The mission’s aim was to learn whether suborbital flight affected the heart and central nervous system.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Tau is a normal protein found in the brain and the central nervous system that has a stabilizing effect on cells.
    — Will Hobson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2020

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