nerve cell

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What was missing until now was a clear picture of how spermine influences the harmful processes in nerve cells in a way that could be used for medical benefit.

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They found that neurons use VLK to communicate in the space surrounding the cells, where it alters nearby proteins in ways that can influence how signals travel between nerve cells.

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Under healthy conditions, tau works like a stabilizing support beam, helping maintain the microtubules that allow nutrients and signals to move through nerve cells.

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Interestingly, although the mice carrying the mutation did not display outward physical symptoms, their nerve cells showed the same internal cellular defects seen in the patients' cells.

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In the brain, both electrical and chemical signals drive communication between nerve cells.

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