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CNS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Synonyms:
central nervous system; CNS; systema nervosum centrale
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("CNS" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "CNS"):
glia; neuroglia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)
brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
corticospinal tract; pyramidal motor system; pyramidal tract (any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord)
medulla spinalis; spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)
Meronyms (substance of "CNS"):
substantia alba; white matter (whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths)
Holonyms ("CNS" is a part of...):
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
Context examples:
Naloxone binds to mu-opioid receptors with a high affinity, and a lesser degree to kappa- and gamma-opioid receptors in the CNS.
(Naloxone, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphine binds to and activates the mu-opioid receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby mimicking the effects of the endogenous opioids.
(Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)
Desglymidodrine diffuses poorly across the blood-brain barrier, and is therefore not associated with effects on the central nervous system (CNS).
(Midodrine, NCI Thesaurus)
An amphetamine with central nervous system (CNS) stimulating activity.
(Methamphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)
This leads to an increase in the opening of chloride channels, membrane hyperpolarization and increases the inhibitory effect of GABA in the CNS.
(Midazolam, NCI Thesaurus)
By binding to and activating opioid receptors in the central nervous sytem (CNS), anileridine mimics the endogenous opioids resulting in a decrease of nociceptve neurotransmitters and eventually an analgesic effect.
(Anileridine, NCI Thesaurus)
Benzodiazepines are a type of CNS depressant.
(Benzodiazepine, NCI Dictionary)
An agent that exerts a physiologic effect on neurotransmission or on any anatomic entity that is part of the nervous system, including the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS).
(Agent Affecting Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)
Acepromazine acts as a dopamine receptor antagonist in the CNS, thereby causing sedation, muscular relaxation and a reduction in spontaneous activity.
(Acepromazine, NCI Thesaurus)
The aspartate salt of amphetamine, a sympathomimetic amine with CNS stimulating properties.
(Amphetamine Aspartate, NCI Thesaurus)
