The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and ... The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune ...

These move towards the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is the brain ... and stimulate electrical impulses in response. Sense organs contain groups of receptors that respond to specific ...

The abdomen also connects abdominal organs to the circulatory, lymphatic, and nervous system. Blood vessels branch throughout ...

The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune defense system. Microglia, the primary immune cells of the central ...

Perhaps it is time to view SCI in a similar light as stroke; that is, as a multi–organ system problem. By reevaluating the pressing problems associated with SCI from a global rather than a ...