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nerve cell

NOUN
cell of the nervous system
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Jefferis' team and collaborators painstakingly analysed every nerve cell, every wire and every connection in a male fruit fly.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In studies involving mice, the treatment reduced nerve cell loss, helped the animals live longer, and targeted a biological process that existing Alzheimer's drugs do not address.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

However, many researchers now believe chronic inflammation in the brain may also be a key factor driving nerve cell damage.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

Its inner region, called gray matter, contains nerve cell bodies along with astrocytes.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2026

They can specify how a nerve cell communicates with another nerve cell and thus become the arbiters of normal cognition and neural development.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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