Illustration of neuron
- 1 cell body
- 2 dendrite
- 3 axon
- 4 nerve ending
: a grayish or reddish granular cell that is the fundamental functional unit of nervous tissue transmitting and receiving nerve impulses and having cytoplasmic processes which are highly differentiated frequently as multiple dendrites or usually as solitary axons which conduct impulses to and away from the cell body : nerve cell sense 1
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Select neurons are involved in forming engrams and storing new information.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
What was surprising was that a specific type of neuron in the MTG, somatostatin-expressing inhibitory or SST neurons, were some of the earliest casualties of the disease.
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
Whereas the brain’s neurons communicate with each other through synapses, artificial nodes influence each other through connections.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
This brain exercise creates new neuron connections, or in other words, neuroplasticity.14
Learning a language or an instrument are both examples of learning a new skill.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
What was surprising was that a specific type of neuron in the MTG, somatostatin-expressing inhibitory or SST neurons, were some of the earliest casualties of the disease.
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
Whereas the brain’s neurons communicate with each other through synapses, artificial nodes influence each other through connections.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
This brain exercise creates new neuron connections, or in other words, neuroplasticity.14
Learning a language or an instrument are both examples of learning a new skill.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
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neuron
noun
neu·ron
ˈn(y)ü-ˌrän 
ˈn(y)u̇(ə)r- ˌän
ˈn(y)u̇(ə)r- ˌän
: a grayish or reddish cell that is the basic working unit of the nervous system and has an axon and dendrites that carry nerve impulses
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neuron
noun
neu·ron
ˈn(y)ü-ˌrän
ˈn(y)u̇(ə)r-ˌän
ˈn(y)u̇(ə)r-ˌän
variants
also neurone
: one of the cells that constitute nervous tissue, that have the property of transmitting and receiving nerve impulses, and that are composed of somewhat reddish or grayish protoplasm with a large nucleus containing a conspicuous nucleolus, irregular cytoplasmic granules, and cytoplasmic processes which are highly differentiated frequently as multiple dendrites or usually as solitary axons and which conduct impulses toward and away from the cell body : nerve cell sense 1
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