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

Reviewed 2026-08·Sources & research·Methodology·Media credits

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Rita Levi-MontalciniOriginal photo is anonymous although published by Clark University in 1899. Restoration by Garrondo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

How science studies Rita Levi-Montalcini: tools, protocols and hard limits.

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A tool used to study trophic survival signals.

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A tool used to study trophic survival signals.

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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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