RT Book, Section A1 Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine A2 Hammer, Gary D. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. SR Print(0) ID 1100858651 T1 Nervous System Disorders T2 Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-180600-8 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100858651 RD 2024/03/28 AB The major functions of the nervous system are to detect, analyze, and transmit information. Information is gathered by sensory systems, integrated by the brain, and used to generate signals to motor and autonomic pathways for control of movement and of visceral and endocrine functions. These actions are controlled by neurons, which are interconnected to form signaling networks that comprise motor and sensory systems. In addition to neurons, the nervous system contains neuroglial cells that serve a variety of immunologic and support functions and modulate the activity of neurons. Understanding the pathophysiology of nervous system disease requires knowledge of neural and glial cell biology and the anatomy of neural networks. The first part of this chapter reviews several basic aspects of histology, cellular physiology, and anatomy of the nervous system.