nerve cell
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These receptors are proteins found on nerve cells that reduce pain signals when activated by opioids such as morphine.
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The mini brains also produced myelin, a substance that insulates nerve cells and helps electrical signals travel more efficiently.
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This suggests that the same physical principles could play a role in how nerve cells communicate.
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When a crow sometimes consciously detects a stimulus and sometimes does not, specific nerve cells respond in line with that internal experience.
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This allowed them to modify the GPX4 enzyme in specific types of nerve cells.
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