Nerve cell regeneration model found

(ANSA) - Rome, June 18 - The mechanism by which the nervous system is able to regenerate itself and repair connections between nerve cells has been reconstructed for the first time ever by Italian scientists, it emerged Thursday.
    The discovery, published in the journal Scientific Reports, was made by researchers at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. "Computer simulations enabled us to reproduce the behaviour of neurons in response to a chemical signal," researcher Iolanda Morana Roccasalvo, co-author of the study, explained.
    The breakthrough lays the foundations for the possible future reconstruction of nerve connections impaired by injury or disease, using both new-generation artificial limbs and regenerative medicine.