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( ′nərv ′grōth ′fak·tər ) (neuroscience) A multimeric protein that promotes nerve cell growth and may protect some types of nerve cells from damage, including nerve cells in the cholinergic system.
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Muscular movement is essential since as human beings, we would not have any strength. Without muscles, our bones would not be able to move and without bone growth, we would not have any type of size or shape--we would be unformed,undefined ...
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a hormone-like protein produced by target cells throughout the body that controls growth of axons (fibers) that connect embryonic nerve cells and is also required for their survival. NGF, discovered in the 1950s...
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The use of intracerebroventricular administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains controversial. The symptomatology of AD is explained by the loss of cholinergic transmission due to cell de...
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Oxidative stress is markedly increased in individuals suffering from a variety of conditions. Increased oxidative stress compromises the functions of nerve cells, inhibits their ability to respond to endogenous stimulators of nerve growth...
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The previous attempts to use nerve growth factors in neurodegenerative diseases basically failed because of problems with delivery and numerous side effects that were encountered in clinical trials. Nerve growth factors are large, sticky pr...
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