nerve cell
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In both models, infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae led to increased inflammation, greater nerve cell death, and worsening cognitive problems.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026
The team engineered a peptide fragment that locks alpha-synuclein into its healthy shape, blocking its conversion into the toxic clumps that cause nerve cell death.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
These channels are like molecular machines that sense electrical signals and then open to allow calcium to flow into the nerve cell.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
This biochemical signal is received by the next nerve cell, that converts the signal back into electricity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
A message travels as an electrical impulse through the axon, down the body of the nerve cell, to the axon terminal.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
