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Brain & Nervous System
• Central nervous system (Illustration) - The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. The brain functions to receive nerve impulses from the spinal cord and cranial nerves. The spinal cord contains the nerves that carry messages between the brain and the body. Spinal cord injury can occur when there is damage to the cells within the spinal cord or when the tracts of nerves that run up and down the spinal cord are severed. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19588.htm
• Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR (Exhibit) - Online exhibit about the evolution of pain research at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH. (DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research) (Office of NIH History)
http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/pain/
• Drugs as Medicines, Drugs as Research Tools: Synthetic Opiates and Opioids (Exhibit) - An online exhibit about the quest for new painkillers and a synthetic source for morphine and codeine. (DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research) (Office of NIH History)
http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/opiates/
• Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (Graphic) - (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Resources/GraphicsGallery/EndocrineReproductiveSy
stem/Hypothalamic.htm
• Researchers Believe Alcohol Interacts with Cell Membranes in the Brain, Which Contain Relativel Large Molecules Called Phospholipids (Graphic) - (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Resources/GraphicsGallery/Neuroscience/fein.htm
• Schematic of a Lengthwise Cross-Section Through the Human Brain (Graphic) - (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Resources/GraphicsGallery/Neuroscience/211p67.htm

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