Definition of neurodegenerative
: relating to or marked by degeneration of nervous tissue
adjective
neu·ro·de·gen·er·a·tive
\
ˌnu̇r-ō-di-ˈje-nə-rə-tiv
,
-ˈjen-rə-
;
-ˈje-nə-ˌrā-
;
-dē-
,
ˌnyu̇r-
\
Updated on: 10 Jun 2018
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Recent Examples of neurodegenerative from the Web
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Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that impacts movement.
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Cells that weren't decimated outright showed signs of DNA damage that could lead to cancer or neurodegenerative diseases if not repaired, the researchers wrote.
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Researchers are studying stem cell treatments for an array of problems, including heart failure, brain cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Gretchen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable neurodegenerative disease that’s also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in May 2017.
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Alfie, who was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital in December 2016, was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease associated with severe epilepsy and had been in a semivegetative state for more than a year.
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Our current research is centered on evaluating the potential of ergo in mushrooms to prevent or treat neurodegenerative diseases of aging, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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Microglia could even be involved in other neurodegenerative diseases, because similar findings have been observed in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease11.
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The study extracts patients' stem cells, which will be treated with NurOwn — a cell therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases — and then injected back into patients' bodies three times over six months.
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First Known Use of neurodegenerative
1907
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