Definition of neurodegenerative
:relating to or marked by degeneration of nervous tissue
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Moreover, success with Parkinson’s could pave the way to treating many other neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and perhaps Alzheimer’s, along with brain and spinal cord injuries.
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The work took decades, without a clear end benefit, yet was eventually responsible for unraveling aspects of AIDS, arthritis and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
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Cowell has studied the mechanistic underpinnings of why people develop neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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At first glance, type 2 diabetes, in which people lose the ability to control their blood glucose levels, doesn’t seem to have any connection to prions or neurodegenerative diseases.
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Symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases, such as CTE, not only affect one's behavior, but also cause memory loss, wild mood swings, confusion, depression and dementia.
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Prion is short for proteinacious infectious particle, a pathogen that causes neurodegenerative disease in mammals.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
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Mary suffered from ALS and fought the neurodegenerative disease, which affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, for more than eight years.
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First Known Use of neurodegenerative
1907
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of neurodegenerative
:relating to or characterized by degeneration of nervous tissue
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