Talk:Central nervous system

message: there was this clean-up tag since december 2006, but I wasn't able to find the reason why it was there in the first place... there's nothing about central nervous system in december 2006 in the clean-up page...
Rto 13:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  clean-up tag

message: Cranial nerves: are they part of the CNS? -- The cranial nerves III-XII are a part of the PNS, Peripheral nervous system.
The articles nervous system and centeral nervous system should be merged with re-directs for both of these names.  I might do it later...or someone else can sooner. Hi, i'm stuck with my science homework.....so could anybody tell me what the 4 main parts of the nervous system are. I know the brain and the spinal cord are 2, but i just don't know the other 2. I'd be very grateful if anybody could tell me. Thank you!
Please sign your posts. Thank you. 
71.248.149.216 03:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headline text 

message: I erased this phrase:
"In the development phase, folic acid is a critical dietary supplement for proper nural tube development."
The article is just meant to be an introduction to the other CNS articles. The diet that goverment suggests to mothers during pregnancy are beyond its scope...
Rto 11:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Folic acid

message: Is it just me, or is the introductory paragraph a little hard to understand? Someone should clarify and define 'behavior' in the second sentence. --Gabycs 23:59, 17 March 
2007 (UTC)
CELIA WAZ HERE 5-21-2007
I find the diagram in the introduction almost useless. "Schematic diagram showing the central nervous system in yellow, peripheral in orange"
On my screen I can barely see any difference between 'orange' and 'yellow'.
It's a lovely diagram. But use of two more contrasting colours would be appreciated.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.62.166 (talk) 16:35, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: In the text book of surgery by Bailey and Love the 1st and 2nd cranial nerves are also included as a part of the CNS. Please discuss and add to the parts of the CNSsarindam7 (talk) 07:56, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parts of the CNS 

message: I added a paragrah about the CNS of planarians.  In one of the sentences, I state, "A molecular study found that >95% of the 116 genes involved in the nervous system of planarians, which includes those related to the planarian CNS, also exist in humans."  I do not know how to create a reference for the article.  Below is the information on that article. If anyone else can setup the reference for me, please do so.
Katsuhiko Mineta, Masumi Nakazawa, Francesc Cebrià, Kazuho Ikeo, Kiyokazu Agata, and Takashi Gojobori, Origin and evolutionary process of the CNS elucidated by comparative genomics analysis of planarian ESTs, PNAS June 24, 2003 vol. 100 no. 13 7666-7671  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.94.233.30 (talk) 19:50, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This article needs a huge rewrite, but that information is definitely going to be relevant, so thanks for adding it.  You might look at another article, for example Alzheimer's disease, to see how to cite journal articles:  basically it should look like .  If you don't get around to it, I'll fix it at some point. Looie496 (talk) 00:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  EVOLUTION:  Planarians 

message: First, can the section be called "anatomy"? I think this is clearer.
Second, the section uses the words "becomes" and "gives rise to", which are unclear or ambiguous in this context. Do they refer to evolution or perhaps to development of an individual? In either case, why? The section is about anatomy, which means the different parts of the CNS and their functions, not about their development or evolution. -Pgan002 (talk) 19:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm OK with calling it neuroanatomy, although I don't feel strongly about it. I agree with you very much about "becomes" and "gives rise to." I think that it's clear from context that it does not mean evolution, but it sort of sounds like development, and I've made a possibly-temporary edit to try to make that clearer. However, the text and chart can also be construed to mean that the various specific structures are parts within the larger structures (unrelated to changes over time). I hope other editors will also look at that, because I find it unclear. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neuroanatomy section 

message: The implication seems to be that ALL organisms have a CNS. Should this be changed to refer specifically to animals? Let me know if you find a plant with a brain... 67.184.127.168 (talk) 02:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. (Although I've met people who... never mind!) --Tryptofish (talk) 17:16, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Needed a bit more qualification -- sponges and radiates are multicellular animals but lack a CNS. Looie496 (talk) 01:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, thanks for catching that, which I should have done myself. (Should I say thanks for sponging that up?) --Tryptofish (talk) 16:37, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deceptive first sentence 

message: An IP just removed the Function section from the article, without edit summary.  Normally I would revert something that like automatically, but in this case I'm letting it stand, because the section was unsourced and really pretty much useless -- a proper CNS Function section ought to discuss the advantages of a centralized nervous system over a distributed nervous system such as a jellyfish has. Looie496 (talk) 16:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, before seeing your comment here, I reverted (cf: herding cats). Given that there was no edit summary for the deletion, I felt the material should be restored pending discussion. But that doesn't mean I'd oppose any action. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:36, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Function" section 

message: This line: "In vertebrates, the central nervous system is enclosed in the meninges," is not entirely correct. Technically, the retina is part of the CNS, but it is not enclosed in the meninges. In fact the retina isn't mentioned as part of the CNS in the entire article and ought to be, as it is a somewhat exceptional part of the CNS. Pdavis68 (talk) 17:04, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, per retina, you are correct. I have fixed the lead. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The retina is part of the CNS 

message: The Human race should not be defined by the word nervous (frightened/anxious) for untold decades into the future. 
I suggest renaming it the 'Central Nerve System' - sounds better and had no implications of fear.
--Dr zoidberg590 (talk) 13:58, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Titles should use the most commonly recognized name. Pubmed hits: "central nerve system" 421, "central nervous system" 251,624. The preponderance is unambiguous. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:58, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It should be called the Central Nerve System 

message: The infobox caption for image of CNS is now incorrect, it says "Schematic diagram showing the central nervous system in yellow, peripheral in orange" -- There is now no difference in color, that image was replaced with one where it is all the same color. In my opinion the former image was easier to understand, but probably there was some reason that motivated the change back to having peripheral and central mingled together in color again (some nerves are technically part of the CNS like some cranial nerves, optic nerve etc, maybe that was it). FrozenDino (talk) 02:07, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox caption incorrect