BRAIN CANDY A new database offers a deep look at
living human nerve cells, revealing elaborate branching structures and myriad shapes, such as in this neuron called a pyramidal cell (cell image, left and 3 - D computer reconstruction, right).
Not exact matches
Francis Crick famously asserted that
human life is «no more than the behavior of...
nerve cells and their associated molecules.»
The team hopes to apply this method to the
nerve cells, bone marrow, and brain tissue of
living animals and
humans.
Gage's lab showed that, contrary to accepted dogma,
human beings are capable of growing new
nerve cells throughout
life.
Salt is also an absolutely essential part of both
human and animal
life due to the sodium that is contains, which is used to maintain some of the body's most integral functions including regulating fluid in blood cells and helping to send information to
nerves and muscles.
He expertly synthesizes influences (he writes dialogue like Cassavetes, shoots like Scorsese, and embodies Altman's generous compassion for
human life) without getting smug or derivative, blends humor with
nerve - shredding tension (the scene at Rahad Jackson's is virtuosic) and plumbs the depths of the darkness of which men are capable.