NEURON Definition & Meaning

neuron

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especially British,

[noor-on, nyoor-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

neuronal adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of neuron¹

First recorded in 1880–85, neuron is from the Greek word �Ա�û��ǲ� sinew, cord, nerve

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New neurons are produced in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for learning.

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In which case, he says, half-jokingly, that possible organoid overlords would be easier to defeat because "there is always bleach" to pour over the fragile neurons.

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Humans have close to 100 billion neurons in their brain, but octopuses have 500 million neurons spread across their entire bodies, including in their eight tentacles that they use to taste the world around them.

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These neurons produce cognition by the patterns in which groups of them fire at once — a model that has inspired advanced computers and AI.

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Complex or abstract ideas emerge as a result of the firing of many of these nerve cells, or neurons.

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neuromuscular neurone

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