To characterize the action of the new peripheral nervous system component, the researchers used mice genetically modified to not express neuropeptide Y in the sympathetic nervous system.

Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that develops in a part of the peripheral nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system. Neuroblastoma cancer is diagnosed in about 700 children in the United ...

While the central nervous system comprises neurons in the brain and spinal cord, the sympathetic, or peripheral, autonomic nervous system consists of neurons in ganglia (groups or clusters ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and increased levels of circulating hormones Orthostatic hypertension is a feature of several conditions and patient subgroups, including essential ...

Neuroblastoma (NB) is a common tumor of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system in young children, a subset of which have amplified the MYCN oncogene and have a particularly poor prognosis 2.