Article updated and reviewed by Associate Professor of Medicine / Neurology, Cooper University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on May 11, 2005.
The central nervous system contains billions of nerve cells which are joined by nerve fibers (axons). Electrical impulses originate in nerve cells and...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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