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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,comp.ai,sci.misc
Subject: Neurons can't regenerate? (was: Re: Taking AI models...)
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Date: Sun, 14-Jun-87 01:33:39 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 14 01:33:39 1987
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In article <1349@sigi.Colorado.EDU>, eddy@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Sean Eddy) writes:
> ...there are cells that do not
> divide after a certain point, yet still age and die. Neurons are the
> classic example; not only do they not divide, they cannot even
> be replaced (in humans) if damaged.

Am I misinformed, then, when I hear about nerves growing back together in
people who have an accidentally severed appendage surgically reattached?
Also, what about the nerves which grow back into a wounded region of the
body, say an area of burned flesh?
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