ANS
1 Americanabbreviation
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Jason Weckstein, who works at ANS, points out that the problem isn’t new.
From NewsForKids.net
“The ANS is known in regional and national environmental circles as a leader; it’s going places where no other environmental organization has gone before,” Brewer said.
From Washington Post
In a statement, Prevent Senior said it had not been officially notified of the ANS decision.
From Reuters
Also known as the visceral or involuntary nervous system, the ANS is made up of two parts: the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, and it functions without our conscious, voluntary control.
From Salon
These findings suggest osteocalcin works by shutting down the ANS, making way for another part of the nervous system to initiate the fight-or-flight reaction.
From Scientific American
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