Nervous System, The

Brain; Central nervous system; Peripheral nervous system

Living organisms sense the changes in the external environment and respond accordingly to maintain homeostasis. The survival of organisms depends on how they sense and respond to their surroundings. The quicker the responses, the better the chances of survival. Early in evolution, animals acquired a system which helped them to integrate multiple sensory inputs and produce directed responses at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour. This system is referred to as the nervous system (NS) – an organized network of cells having processes extended throughout the body, which can sense external cues and direct responses from simple voluntary or involuntary movements of the body to managing emotions or solving complex survival problems. Even simple NS of primitive animals have staggering complexity in the way they process information, store it, and decode it based on the stimulus. Humans have a marvelously...

Authors and Affiliations

1. Centre for Computational Sciences, School of Basics and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

   Vijaykumar Yogesh Muley

2. Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México

   Vijaykumar Yogesh Muley

3. Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México

   Fernando Larriva-Sánchez

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Vijaykumar Yogesh Muley .

Editors and Affiliations

1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

   Jennifer Vonk

2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

   Todd K. Shackelford

1. Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

   Annika Paukner

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