News tagged with nerve axon
Rethinking Alzheimer's disease and its treatment targets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychiatry professor George Bartzokis introduces a new theory about the fundamental cause of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College
A tiny neuron is a very complicated structure. Its complex network of dendrites, axons and synapses is constantly dealing with information, deciding whether or not to send a nerve impulse, to drive a certain action.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Lab-grown nerves promote nerve regeneration after injury
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model. Results were published this month in Tissue En ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Study gives more proof that intelligence is largely inherited
They say a picture tells a thousand stories, but can it also tell how smart you are? Actually, say UCLA researchers, it can.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Blocking protein may help ease painful nerve condition
Scientists have identified the first gene that pulls the plug on ailing nerve cell branches from within the nerve cell, possibly helping to trigger the painful condition known as neuropathy.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 15, 2009 |
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