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10 lines
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Certain types of nerve cells have the ability to regenerate a part of
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the cell that has been amputated. In an early study of this process,
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measurements were made on the nerves in the spinal cord in rhesus
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monkeys. Nerves emanating from the left side of the cord were cut,
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while nerves from the right side were kept intact. During the
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regeneration process, the content of creatine phosphate (CP) was
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measured in the left and the right portion of the spinal cord. The
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following table shows the data for the right (control) side (Y1), and
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for the left (regenerating) side (Y2). The units of measurement are mg
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CP per 100 gm tissue. |