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New York State Canal System

(Encyclopedia)New York State Canal System, waterway system, 524 mi (843 km) long, traversing New York state and connecting the Great Lakes with the Finger Lakes, the Hudson River, and Lake Champlain. The waterway, ...

stimulant

(Encyclopedia)stimulant, any substance that causes an increase in activity in various parts of the nervous system or directly increases muscle activity. Cerebral, or psychic, stimulants act on the central nervous s...

Golgi, Camillo

(Encyclopedia)Golgi, Camillo kämēlˈlō gôlˈjē [key], 1844–1926, Italian physician, noted as a neurologist and histologist. He shared with Ramón y Cajal the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for wo...

court system in the United States

(Encyclopedia)court system in the United States, judicial branches of the federal and state governments charged with the application and interpretation of the law. The U.S. court system is divided into two administ...

nerve

(Encyclopedia)nerve: see nervous system.

reflex

(Encyclopedia)reflex: see nervous system.

ganglion

(Encyclopedia)ganglion: see nervous system.

Schwann cell

(Encyclopedia)Schwann cell: see nervous system. ...

gray matter

(Encyclopedia)gray matter: see nervous system. ...

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