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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

  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 Word Forms

  • Ա·Dz· [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 ԱûDz sinew, cord, nerve
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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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Musk was cagey in public at the time, simply writing in a social media post: "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection."

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ever 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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