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nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons

animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals

nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

neuropil, neuropile - the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded

gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea - greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons

substantia alba, white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

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they must be bodily movements in whose causation the special properties of nervous tissue are involved.

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James turned away and went down the passage to restore his nervous tissues with coffee.

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"It will be small steps, but each one would be a huge step for us." The procedure would see 35 millions stem cells from a donor umbilical cord injected into Theo's system to stimulate and repair damaged nervous tissue in the brain.

At last our little Theo has chance of a better life... Battling boy off to Panama for round of stem cell treatment

Studies have shown DHA is a crucial element when it comes to nervous tissue and retinal tissue development.

Canine Brains: If you want your pup to perform at an elite level, consider nourishing his noggin'

What makes the shot fatal is the hypoxia created when the nervous tissue controlling respiration is rendered inoperable.

DEAD ON ARRIVAL: What did ancient whitetail hunting share with our modern methods? One simple truth: No matter the tool, death still occurs in exactly the same ways it did back then

These grooves correspond to the sites where the skin is attached to the muscles via the nervous tissue.

UNDERSTANDING THE WRINKLE

This experimental development was conducted using animal models of this disease, thanks to which it was possible to discover that the drugs that activate this receptor improve the symptoms during the chronic phase of the disease when furthering the repair of the nervous tissue.

P2X4 receptor helps in curing multiple sclerosis

Ever since the first experiments with intracerebral transplantation of nervous tissue, the graft-host interface has been recognised as a site at which important processes of interaction and integration occur between the transplanted cells and the host brain (1-3).

Astrogliosis has Different Dynamics after Cell Transplantation and Mechanical Impact in the Rodent Model of Parkinson's Disease

However, it can be converted to a [beta]-pleated form, [PrP.sup.Sc] (prion protein scrapie), which can form insoluble aggregates in the nervous tissue. These are resistant to degradation by proteases, can convert soluble prion proteins to [PrP.sup.Sc], and are transmissible.

Corrigendum to "A Case of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting as Conversion Disorder"