Pillar 1: trophic survival signals
A core angle on Rita Levi-Montalcini — how trophic survival signals shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
Rita Levi-Montalcini · Nerve growth factor — discovering how neurons survive and wire.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini sits at the centre of trophic survival signals — spanning molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.
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A core angle on Rita Levi-Montalcini — how trophic survival signals shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on Rita Levi-Montalcini — how trophic survival signals shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on Rita Levi-Montalcini — how trophic survival signals shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on Rita Levi-Montalcini — how trophic survival signals shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
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