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neuron
[ noor-on, nyoor- ]
noun
- 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
/ nr′ŏn′ /
- 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.
- Also called nerve cell
Other Words From
- neu·ron·al [noor, -, uh, -nl, nyoor, -, n, oo, -, rohn, -l, ny, oo, -], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of neuron1
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.
It has been shown, for example, that exercise can change the hippocampus through a process called neurogenesis, where animals actually grow more neurons.
Gaynor remembered him as humble and almost classically nerdy, happy to spend hours on the phone explaining how motor neurons work.
That’s because investigating how olfaction works at the level of individual neurons required a delicate process allowed for recording of single neuron activity.
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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