The Central Africans held their nerve again to level matters on 43 minutes when Hamad Ndikumana scored a penalty after Joseph Hendricks conceded a controversial penalty for bringing down Belgium-based Desire Mbonabuyca.

BBC: Ghana

Investors in U.S. Treasurys will closely watch the Federal Reserve's policy statement this week, and any talk of reining in central-bank bond purchases could hit a nerve.

WSJ: What's News

Synapses are the junctions between nerve cells, and their action is central to learning and memory.

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Acting as a messenger between the central nervous system and the major organs, the vagus nerve slows the heart rate (through the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine), calms the immune response (by controlling the release of proteins called cytokines), and communicates with the muscles that control respiration and digestion.

CNN: What really makes people happy

Meanwhile, in the UK, its central bank acted to try to boost confidence and lending against a backdrop of failing business nerve in the face of the eurocrisis.

BBC: Morning business round-up: ECB ready to act 'if necessary'