Definition of Neuron. Meaning of Neuron. Synonyms of Neuron

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Definition of Neuron

Neuron
Neuron Neu"ron, n.; pl. Neura. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.

Meaning of Neuron from wikipedia

- A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system...
- The D****ault nEUROn is an experimental unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being developed with international cooperation, led by the French company...
- mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors"...
- Neuron is a simulation environment for modeling individual and networks of neurons. It was primarily developed by Michael Hines, John W. Moore, and Ted...
- A motor neuron (or motoneuron or efferent neuron) is a neuron whose cell body is located in the motor cortex, brainstem or the spinal cord, and whose...
- Motor neuron diseases or motor neurone diseases (MNDs) are a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells...
- An artificial neuron is a mathematical function conceived as a model of a biological neuron in a neural network. Artificial neuron is the elementary unit...
- Sensory neurons, also known as afferent neurons, are neurons in the nervous system, that convert a specific type of stimulus, via their receptors, into...
- information from other neurons. These processes are projections from the neuron cell body. Multipolar neurons constitute the majority of neurons in the central...
- A bipolar neuron, or bipolar cell, is a type of neuron characterized by having both an axon and a dendrite extending from the soma (cell body) in opposite...