Nerve Cells (IMAGE)

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Nerve Cells

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In the top image, cells from a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused normal healthy brain cells (green) to die. But when scientists blocked an enzyme in the cells from the mouse model, more of the normal cells and their branches survived (bottom).

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<i>Nature Neuroscience</i>

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