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What is apoptosis and how does it relate to brain?
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Dying of cells: Apoptosis is a programmed cell death process. If it occurs in the brain cells then is can cause many different neurological diseases such as parkinsons, alzheimers, and other dementias.
Answered 8/12/2015
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