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General anesthesia works primarily on the brain, whereas local or regional anesthesia, though they also reach the brain, chiefly work on nerve-cell communication in the area where it is injected, according to Dr. Flick.

Anesthesia Risk for Kids Highlighted Shirley S. Wang 2011

As he lay there, everything became clearer and slower as a fresh agony pulsed from his shoulder into every individual nerve-cell in his body.

The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

Exposing rats to only two hours of cell phone radiation a day caused nerve-cell damage in their brains, particularly where memory is stored, after just a few weeks.

Omar Baddar: Full Signal and the Effects of Wireless Technology 2010

Tests of cell phone frequencies conducted on animals provide clear cause for concern: not only did extended exposure cause single-strand and double-strand DNA breaks, but exposing rats to only two hours of cell phone radiation a day caused nerve-cell damage in their brains, particularly where memory is stored, after just a few weeks.

Omar Baddar: Full Signal and the Effects of Wireless Technology 2010

The timing and coordination of nerve-cell firing and the amplitude or volume of the message has to be just right.

The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009

"We've identified a mechanism of nerve-cell death and degeneration involving amyloid precursor protein in the embryo," he said.

A Prenatal Link to Alzheimer's? 2009

Until now, the only sure way to confirm Alzheimer's has been in postmortem examinations of brain tissue, which can spot the tiny nerve-cell tangles the disease characteristically leaves behind.

Testing For Alzheimer's 2008

Two years ago researchers found that people were more likely to become depressed in response to stress if they have a particular variant of a gene that influences the movement of serotonin across nerve-cell membranes.

MANAGING EVERY SHADE OF BLUE 2007

Repetitive TMS uses real magnetic fields to induce changes in brain function, and there's some evidence it may make nerve-cell connections more efficient.

Minds and Magnets 2007

According to the new model, depression stems not from a "chemical imbalance" (too little serotonin, too little norepinephrine) but from unhealthy nerve-cell connections in the regions of the brain that create our emotions.

The Next Wave Of Antidepressants 2007