nerve-center

noun

a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.

a source of information, authority, action, etc.: The communications room is the nerve center of a battleship.

Origin:
1865–70

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nerve center
noun
1.	a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
2.	a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" [syn: center]

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