Prof finds anesthetics affect nerve regeneration

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 16:42 in Biology & Nature

A hair strand-thin worm is providing substantial clues on how nerves regenerate, offering insight and hope to finding genes that affect nerve generation and ultimately new drugs and therapies for human neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

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