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-White matter

Is mainly formed by myelinated nerve fibers, which gives it its characteristic “white” color. This area is found in the depth of the brain or on the surface, in the case of the spinal cord.

-Neurons

Sensory, afferent or receptor neurons:

Are in charge of taking information from outside the organism towards the central nervous system

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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Connects the central nervous system with their limbs and organs. It includes all peripheral nerves and their associated nodes.

-Autonomic nervous system

Is responsible for the control of automatic bodily functions, that is, of all those that are vital to the individual but don't require participation of his willingness to perform them.

-Voluntary nervous system

The rest of that functional systems involving the origin and relation of voluntary behavior are considered part of the somatic or voluntary system.

Diseases

-Alzheimer

: Progressive loss of memory for recent events.

-Epilepsy

Presence and occurrence of berries types of crisis of cerebral origin.

-Parkinson

Tremor in the extremities, limitation for muscle mobility and slowness.

-Effects on drugs use

Stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens and opioids

-Huntington

There are uncontrollable involuntary movements caused by a gene mutation

Motor or efferent neurons:

Responsible for transmitting information that originates the central nervous system to some peripheral organ or tissue.

Interneurons:

Responsible for filtering and integrating all the information received by the nervous system.