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nouna cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
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- adrian English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997)
- neural of or relating to neurons
- cortex the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- synapse the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- neuronal of or relating to neurons
- axon long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
- ganglion an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
- neuroglia sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
- endplate the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
- facilitation (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential