How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Degeneration

This dramatic video from the University of Calgary illustrates how the smallest quantities of mercury can destroy growing nerve cells. Abbreviated version. VIDEO: Lorscheider FL, Leong CW, Syed NI. How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Degeneration. Calgary: Dept. of physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.  

Scientists Discover New Role For Vitamin C In The Eye — And The Brain

In a surprising finding, vitamin C is found to prolong proper functioning of retinal cells: Portland, Ore. — Nerve cells in the eye require vitamin C in order to function properly — a surprising discovery that may mean vitamin C is required elsewhere in the brain for its proper functioning, according to a study by …