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Scientists have developed a small-molecule-inhibiting drug that in early laboratory cell tests stopped breast cancer cells from spreading and also promoted the growth of early nerve cells called... 
, arms, legs and torso.
In his studies of electrical conduction within nerve cells in the early 1970s... of saxitoxin, his original goal, but his research did suggest how nerve cells lose their electrically...
for the maintenance of the normal structure of myelin, the protective covering that insulates and supports nerve cells... in which myelin is destroyed, causing irreversible damage and disrupting the nerve cells' ability to transmit...
nerve cells throughout life.” These stem cells create “new neurons. … they divide continuously... Planck Institute of Immunobiology in Freiburg shows that “neuronal stem cells exist in the hippocampus...
mitochondria to produce excessive free radicals, leading to nerve cell damage and destruction... Q10 for its ability to protect nerve cells.
The results of this study revealed that CoEnzyme Q10...
Interesting article showing that portions of a songbird's brain that control how it sings have been shown to decay within 24 hours of the animal losing its hearing. Sceintist predict something similar likely to
by degradation of the nerve cells.
It is therefore hoped that treatments that protect nerve cells might help... of the subset of nerve cells that express the NMDA receptor, markedly reduced disease progression...
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Alzheimer’s Disease Spreads Through Linked Nerve Cells, Brain Imaging... to particular networks of nerve cells, but until now scientists have found it difficult to evaluate in humans...
along nerve cells. In mammals, these signals are able to travel long distances because of breaks... by a loss of myelin insulation around nerves can be debilitating and even deadly, but adequate treatments... 
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