| Health / Medical Topics |
Nerve growth factor
Pronunciation
A protein made by the body that causes certain nerve cells to grow and helps keep them alive. (NCI Dictionary)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Replacing a damaged nerve with a section of a healthy nerve that has been removed from another part of the body. This…
A test that measures the speed of nerve activity along the length of a nerve. It is used to detect nerve damage…
Processes that promote, sustain, and preserve nerve cell viability.
A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. The messages…
A procedure in which medicine is injected directly into or around a nerve or into the spine to block pain.
A bundle of fibers that receives and sends messages between the body and the brain. The messages are sent by chemical and…
