Nerve Cells
12/31/2008
“Neurons (also known as neurones and nervous cells) are responsive cells
in the nervous system that process and transmit information by electrochemical
signaling. They are the core components of the brain, the vertebrate spinal
cord, the invertebrate ventral nerve cord, and the peripheral nerves.”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron (12/31/2008)
“Although neurons do not divide or replicate in most parts of the adult
vertebrate brain, it is often possible for axons to regrow if they are severed.
This can take a long time: after a nerve injury to the human arm, for example,
it may take months for feeling to return to the hands and fingers.”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron (12/31/2008)
One of the challenges of tissue engineering is to grow new nerve cells. Progress is being made. (RDC 12/31/2008)
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Notes
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Review Articles
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US Patents
10/28/2008
7,442,370
Polymer conjugates of mutated neublastin
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Journal Articles
11/21/2008
Functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury and implantation of a
collagen guide
(363-373)
Biomaterials 30 #3 (2009)
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Roger D.
Corneliussen
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