nerve cell
noun
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And in 2011 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Health conditions that are linked to ARBI include: Cerebellar degeneration: This disorder causes nerve cells in the cerebellum to die.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 26 Mar. 2024
To many other researchers, creating a map of the 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, that make up the brain would be considered a nearly insurmountable project.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Without the correct amount of GABA, nerve cells can misfire, leading to the muscle stiffness and spasms characteristic of SPS.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder caused by degeneration of nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, is expected to affect 1.2 million people by 2030.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Those gut feelings are driven by enteric nerve cells, including glia.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
After some investigation, Dillin’s team discovered that the mitochondria in stressed neurons were using vesicles — bubblelike containers that move materials around the cell or between cells — to carry a signal called Wnt beyond the nerve cells to other cells in the body.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
This suggests a blueprint for how animal neurons might have evolved and bolsters previous work in establishing a link between chemical secretory cells and nerve cells.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Health conditions that are linked to ARBI include: Cerebellar degeneration: This disorder causes nerve cells in the cerebellum to die.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 26 Mar. 2024
To many other researchers, creating a map of the 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, that make up the brain would be considered a nearly insurmountable project.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Without the correct amount of GABA, nerve cells can misfire, leading to the muscle stiffness and spasms characteristic of SPS.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder caused by degeneration of nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, is expected to affect 1.2 million people by 2030.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Those gut feelings are driven by enteric nerve cells, including glia.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
After some investigation, Dillin’s team discovered that the mitochondria in stressed neurons were using vesicles — bubblelike containers that move materials around the cell or between cells — to carry a signal called Wnt beyond the nerve cells to other cells in the body.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
This suggests a blueprint for how animal neurons might have evolved and bolsters previous work in establishing a link between chemical secretory cells and nerve cells.
—Cara Giovanetti, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
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1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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