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neuron

[ noor-on, nyoor- ]

noun

  1. Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.


neuron

/ nrŏn′ /

  1. A cell of the nervous system. Neurons typically consist of a cell body, which contains a nucleus and receives incoming nerve impulses, and an axon, which carries impulses away from the cell body.
  2. Also called nerve cell
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Other Words From

  • neu·ron·al [noor, -, uh, -nl, nyoor, -, n, oo, -, rohn, -l, ny, oo, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of neuron1

First recorded in 1880–85, neuron is from the Greek word neûron sinew, cord, nerve
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Example Sentences

Whatever process occurred to do this preserved the original brain tissue so well that individual neurons can actually be seen using a scanning electron microscope.

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It has been shown, for example, that exercise can change the hippocampus through a process called neurogenesis, where animals actually grow more neurons.

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Gaynor remembered him as humble and almost classically nerdy, happy to spend hours on the phone explaining how motor neurons work.

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That’s because investigating how olfaction works at the level of individual neurons required a delicate process allowed for recording of single neuron activity.

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By contrast, suzetrigine inhibits pain by taking advantage of voltage-gated sodium channels found on the membranes of neurons, muscle cells and glial cells, particularly at the junction between neurons and muscle cells.

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