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Cellular defences destroyed

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A lack of blood flow can kill nerve cells, by causing a massive influx of calcium ions. But what's happened to the cellular mechanisms for coping with excess calcium?

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Figure 1: Glutamate overproduction and calcium flow.

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Choi, D. Cellular defences destroyed. Nature 433, 696–698 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/433696a

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