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Also Known As	ganglia

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Diagram of an earthworm showing its nervous system, including labeled parts such as the cerebral ganglia, mouth, circumoesophageal connective, subesophageal ganglion, and ventral nerve cord, with an inset of the whole earthworm body.

Diagram showing the organization of the autonomic nervous system, with labeled pathways for parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves, highlighting synapses, neurotransmitters like acetylcholine and norepinephrine, and their receptor types.

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Topics

ganglion cell autonomic ganglion motor ganglion sensory ganglion spinal ganglion superior ganglion of vagus inferior ganglion of vagus vestibular ganglion sympathetic trunk paravertebral ganglion neural stem cell synapse Central nervous system human nervous system Senses neuroplasticity neural oscillation

Key People

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Robert Remak

German embryologist and neurologist