Patient's question:
From Director Wang from the Department of Neurology at the First Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan Academy of Medical Sciences, I learned that the neuron factor (abbreviated as Nf) is the earliest discovered active protease promoting nerve growth from the somata of neurons. It is a neurocellular growth regulatory factor with dual biological functions: neuronal nutrition and promoting outgrowth.The abundant secretion of this active protease induces the directional growth of nerve fibers, stimulates the development of dendrites and axons of the somata, and increases the density of nerve fibers. Each neuron's dendrites receive stimuli and transmit the excitation to the cell body. Meanwhile, each neuron's axon transmits the excitation from the cell body to another neuron or other tissues, such as muscles or glands.
It can increase the number of sensory and sympathetic ganglia, enlarge their volume, and extend their fibers. Additionally, it maintains the normal somata of neurons in the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord and within ganglia (the soma is the metabolic and nutritional center of human neurons).
Doctor's answer:
Neurotrophic factor is the earliest discovered active protease promoting nerve growth found in neuronal somata, a neurocellular growth regulatory factor with dual biological functions of neuronal nutrition and promoting axonal growth. Children have weaker immunity, so they are prone to pediatric neurology issues. For parents, it is important not to panic and should promptly take their children to a Class III-A hospital for examination and treatment. Additionally, regular check-ups should be conducted for the child, and medications should be used reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.