Some drugs reduce the swelling in nerve tissue.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

They used light-sensitive molecules to turn on and off nerve cells in the deep brain structure of mice.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Research published mainly in nineteen seventy-three had found proteins on the surfaces of nerve cells in the brain.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

MS symptoms can depend on where the nerve scars are in the body's central nervous system.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Evidence shows that extended periods of cortisol in the body weakens bones, damages nerve cells in the brain and weakens the body's defense system against disease.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

In people with MS, when nerve signals reach a damaged area, some of the signals are blocked or delayed from traveling to or from the brain.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

The disease causes nerve problems in the hands and feet and muscle weakness.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

These problems were more common among males, those with injured nerve tissue in the brain and those who had been given oxygen supplies for days as a baby.

VOA: special.2010.11.30

They produce reactions in the nerve cells in the brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

President Barack Obama's plans for health care reform have clearly touched a nerve in town hall meetings around the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

These genes are involved in a number of inherited metabolic disorders, including Tay Sachs, a rare,incurable and usually fatal disease that causes the destruction of nerve cells in young children.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11