nerve cell
noun
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Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel discovered while studying jellyfish and sea anemones.
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
While there are medications that can slow its progression, there is no cure, and those with ALS slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe independently because the disease specifically affects nerve cells, or motor neurons, in the spine and brain.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The degenerative and incurable disease, which also is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, depletes and destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, eventually causing paralysis.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
On the left side, however, the number of nerve cells did not rise as much.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Dec. 2025
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
While there are medications that can slow its progression, there is no cure, and those with ALS slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe independently because the disease specifically affects nerve cells, or motor neurons, in the spine and brain.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The degenerative and incurable disease, which also is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, depletes and destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, eventually causing paralysis.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
On the left side, however, the number of nerve cells did not rise as much.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Nerve cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20cell. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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