The p25 form accumulates in the brain neurons of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Estrogen also improves circulation in the brain, which can foster continuing health of brain neurons.
Dr. Burgess' studies revealed how the dendrites of brain neurons grow during development.
Such cells, including, for example, brain neurons and muscle myocytes, have little or no cell turnover.
Poetic justice, he thought with the final synapses of his brain neurons before everything in his body shut down permanently.
Some of the drugs also prevent brain neurons from dying off, now thought to be a major cause of permanent disability.
His work centers on amphetamine-type stimulants and their potential to damage brain monoamine-containing neurons.
This activity of the drug on brain neurons is thought to be responsible for its antidepressant effects.
Janeway ran her hand along the bank of synthetic brain neurons suspended in the blue nutrient gel.
"Possibly similar in function to our own brain neurons," guessed McCoy.