nerve
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In Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, tau proteins begin accumulating inside nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
They are building the nerve center of Abu Dhabi’s AI efforts, set to be packed with the latest U.S. chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Both have previously been associated with protection against cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration, the gradual loss of nerve cell function seen in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
After August died, I got up my own nerve to tell them that.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“I could almost see within my teammates a bit of nerves, because it’s something that is so unique,” Balogun said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed and potentially fatal disease of the heart muscle in which a protein called transthyretin builds up in the heart, nerves and other organs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Those same mice were also able to eliminate sarcoma tumors, cancers that develop in connective tissues such as fat, muscle, nerves, blood vessels, bone, and cartilage.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Making his first appearance on Centre Court, he twice went a break down in a must-win fourth set against Dimitrov, before the 35-year-old Bulgarian's own nerves appeared and Fery capitalised.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“This is so exciting. My nerves are running wild, and I’m not even performing.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“He can get a little nerved up in the paddock,” said Shirreffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
Then followed a few scruffy years on local TV, including his celebrated stint as a smart-aleck weatherman, before he nerved himself to head to Los Angeles in 1975.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017
Less a teen-age Rangerphile than an arachnophobe encountering a tarantula, I nerved myself to walk over to where Lindsay sat and confronted him, boy to man.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2015
After greeting old shutterbug pals, Tony nerved himself up to his first speech as a representative of the royal family.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I needed some fresh air,” I tell him, which is indicative of how nerved up I am.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the story starts, the singer is nerving herself to ask a doctor whether or not she has a cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, in the salty little city of Bath, Me., the moment lor which Mrs. Vanderbilt had been nerving herself finally arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Her trembling heart had forgotten for the moment all she had been braving her heart, and nerving her mind to tell him.
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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