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nerve cell

NOUN
cell of the nervous system
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In brain organoids, which are miniature three dimensional models of brain tissue, sildenafil promoted nerve cell growth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

In individuals with Dravet syndrome, one copy does not produce enough of a protein needed for proper nerve cell signaling.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

By mapping these gene activity patterns, they produced a detailed cellular atlas outlining the boundaries between distinct nerve cell types across the CA1 region.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

To test the chemical medicinal properties of the four CBN analogs, the team applied them to mouse and human nerve cell cultures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

They can specify how a nerve cell communicates with another nerve cell and thus become the arbiters of normal cognition and neural development.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee