In a report released today, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy, says that recent research suggests that acetamiprid and imidacloprid «may affect the developing human nervous system». (scientificamerican.com)
Almost every person in England is deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for human nervous system and it also assists in the prevention of osteoporosis brought on by the menopause. (fullhealthsecrets.com)
By comparing how fast the neural circuits in the retina perform image - processing operations with how many instructions per second it takes a computer to accomplish similar work, I believe it is possible to at least coarsely estimate the information - processing power of nervous tissue — and by extrapolation, that of the entire human nervous system. (scientificamerican.com)