nerve cell
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It is active in several organs, including the heart and the brain, where it supports healthy nerve cell function.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
In brain organoids, which are miniature three dimensional models of brain tissue, sildenafil promoted nerve cell growth.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 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
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
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
