Sad to say, it is a stupid question, insofar as there is no such thing as a "damaged atom" ( discounting the possibility that you're being a smartass using the "plasma" pun here. ) Hmmmm.
Never bothers me asking stupid questions. Don’t learn anything pretending you know something you dont :)
So I looked at the parts of a nerve cell that get damaged.
I obviously am not sure what an atom is and what it does in a nerve cell but I guess it’s there before and after the cell is damaged.
So studying atoms and smaller particles doesn’t do a hell of a lot for healthcare, i guess :)