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Rita Levi-Montalcini · Nerve growth factor — discovering how neurons survive and wire.

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Function pages turn anatomy into computations for Rita Levi-Montalcini.

Processes summarise mainstream models, not a single dogma.

Processes

Process 1

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Process 2

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Process 3

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Process 4

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Process 5

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Process 6

A computational step in trophic survival signals.

Networks

Network 1
72
Network 2
58
Network 3
41
Network 4
85
Network 5
30

Network 1

Relative emphasis of network 1 in trophic survival signals (editorial).

Network 2

Relative emphasis of network 2 in trophic survival signals (editorial).

Network 3

Relative emphasis of network 3 in trophic survival signals (editorial).

Network 4

Relative emphasis of network 4 in trophic survival signals (editorial).

Network 5

Relative emphasis of network 5 in trophic survival signals (editorial).

Examples

Example 1

Lab or everyday example of trophic survival signals.

Example 2

Lab or everyday example of trophic survival signals.

Example 3

Lab or everyday example of trophic survival signals.

Example 4

Lab or everyday example of trophic survival signals.

Compare network percentages with the profile radar.

Sources & research

  1. The nerve growth factor: thirty-five years laterLevi-Montalcini R · 1987 · EMBO JournalDOIPubMed
  2. Rita Levi-Montalcini and the discovery of NGFAloe L · 2011 · Archives Italiennes de BiologiePubMed

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