New pathway for neuron repair discovered

Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

A brand-new pathway for neuron repair has been discovered that could have implications for faster and improved healing after nerve damage. The research demonstrates, for the first time, that dendrites, the component of nerve cells that receive information from the brain, have the capacity to regrow after an injury.

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