Neuron: Neurons (also known as neurones and nerve cells) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information from both internal and external environments. In vertebrate animals, neurons are the core components of the brain, spinal cord ... [100%] 2023-02-04
Neuron: Structure of a typical neuron Dendrite Soma Axon Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath A neuron or nerve cell is the functional cellular unit of the nervous system; along with the neuroglial cell it makes up ... [100%] 2023-03-06 [Biology] [Neuroscience]...
Neuron: Neurons are the principal cellular elements that underlie the function of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral sensory systems and enteric (gut) nervous system. The anatomical variation of these neurons is large, but the general morphology and ... [100%] 2021-12-24 [Neuron] [Computational neuroscience]...
Neuron: Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [100%] 2023-08-24 [Neurons] [Nervous system]...
Neuron: In biology, a neuron is a cell that specializes in information transfer, and the fundamental unit of the nervous system. Neurons can initiate and transmit the electrical signals, called action potentials, necessary for the proper function of most biological organisms. [100%] 2023-08-27
Neuron: 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. Neurons communicate with other cells via synapses, which are specialized connections that commonly use minute ... (Electrically excitable cell found in the nervous system of animals) [100%] 2024-09-27 [Neurons] [Medical terminology]...
Neuron: Within a nervous system, a neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an electrically excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network. Neurons communicate with other cells via synapses, which are specialized connections that commonly use ... (Biology) [100%] 2024-08-13 [Neurons] [Medical terminology]...
Neuron doctrine: The neuron doctrine is the concept that the nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells, a discovery due to decisive neuro-anatomical work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and later presented by, among others, H. Waldeyer-Hartz. (Biology) [70%] 2023-08-30 [Neurohistology]
GnRH Neuron: GnRH neurons, or Gonadotropin-releasing hormone expressing neurons, are the cells in the brain that control the release of reproductive hormones from the pituitary. These brain cells control reproduction by secreting GnRH into the hypophyseal portal capillary bloodstream, so are ... (Biology) [70%] 2023-12-27 [Neurons]
Neuron (software): Neuron is a simulation environment for modeling individual and networks of neurons. It was primarily developed by Michael Hines, John W. (Software) [70%] 2025-02-14 [Computational neuroscience]
Neuron simulation environment: The NEURON Simulation Environment (aka NEURON --see http://www.neuron.yale.edu/) is designed for modeling individual neurons and networks of neurons, and is widely used by experimental and theoretical neuroscientists. It provides tools for conveniently building, managing, and using ... [57%] 2021-12-21 [Electrophysiology] [Models of Neurons]...
H1 neuron: The H1 neuron is located in the visual cortex of true flies of the order Diptera and mediates motor responses to visual stimuli. H1 is sensitive to horizontal motion in the visual field and enables the fly to rapidly and ... [70%] 2023-12-30 [Neurons]
Pseudounipolar neuron: A pseudounipolar neuron is a type of neuron which has one extension from its cell body. This type of neuron contains an axon that has split into two branches. [70%] 2023-12-27 [Afferent neurons]
Artificial neuron: An artificial neuron is a mathematical function conceived as a model of biological neurons, a neural network. Artificial neurons are elementary units in an artificial neural network. (Mathematical function conceived as a crude model) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Artificial neural networks] [American inventions]...
Binding neuron: A binding neuron (BN) is an abstract concept of processing of input impulses in a generic neuron based on their temporal coherence and the level of neuronal inhibition. Mathematically, the concept may be implemented by most neuronal models including the ... (Processing of input impulses in a generic neuron) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Biophysics] [Computational neuroscience]...
Precursor neuron: Precursor neuron : A pluripotent cell that has not yet fully differentiated into neuron or glia. [70%] 2023-06-16
Follower neuron: A follower neuron is a nerve cell that arises in the developmental stage of the brain and which growth and orientation is intrinsically related to pioneer neurons. These neurons can also be called later development neurons or follower cells. (Type of nerve cell in the brain) [70%] 2023-12-30 [Developmental neuroscience]
Motor neuron: 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 axon (fiber) projects to the spinal cord or outside of the spinal cord ... (Nerve cell sending impulse to muscle) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Efferent neurons] [Motor system]...
Mirror neuron: A mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another (especially conspecific) animal. Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behavior of another animal, as though the observer ... [70%] 2023-12-26 [CNS neurons]
GnRH neuron: GnRH neurons, or gonadotropin-releasing hormone expressing neurons, are the cells in the brain that control the release of reproductive hormones from the pituitary. These brain cells control reproduction by secreting GnRH into the hypophyseal portal capillary bloodstream, so are ... (Biology) [70%] 2023-12-31 [Neurons]
Mirror neuron: A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an organism acts and when the organism observes the same action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behavior of the other, as though the observer were itself acting. (Type of neuron associated with empathy) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Central nervous system neurons] [Cognitive neuroscience]...
Artificial neuron: Artificial neurons are processing units based on a neural model, often inspired on the biological neurons. The first artificial neuron model was created by McCullough and Pitts, since when newer and more realistic models have appeared. [70%] 2023-12-26
Unipolar neuron: A unipolar neuron is a neuron in which only one process, called a neurite, extends from the cell body. The neurite then branches to form dendritic and axonal processes. (Biology) [70%] 2023-12-27 [Neurons]
Binding neuron: A binding neuron (BN) is an abstract concept of processing of input impulses in a generic neuron based on their temporal coherence and the level of neuronal inhibition. Mathematically, the concept may be implemented by most neuronal models including the ... (Processing of input impulses in a generic neuron) [70%] 2023-12-26 [Biophysics] [Computational neuroscience]...
Dassault nEUROn: The Dassault nEUROn is an experimental unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being developed with international cooperation, led by the France company Dassault Aviation. Countries involved in this project include France , Greece, Italy, Spain , Sweden and Switzerland. (Engineering) [70%] 2023-12-31 [Stealth aircraft] [Flying wings]...
Pyramidal neuron: Pyramidal neurons, also known as pyramidal cells, are neurons with a pyramidal shaped cell body (soma) and two distinct dendritic trees. The basal dendrites emerge from the base and the apical dendrites from the apex of the pyramidal cell body. [70%] 2021-12-24 [Neuroscience] [Neuron]...
HSD2 neuron: HSD2 neurons are a small group of neurons in the brainstem which are uniquely sensitive to the mineralocorticosteroid hormone aldosterone, through expression of HSD11B2. They are located within the caudal medulla oblongata, in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS ... [70%] 2023-12-26 [Neurons] [Brainstem]...
Command neuron: A command neuron is an interneuron whose excitation is both necessary and sufficient to evoke a behavior. These criteria are often tested by: The term command neuron first appeared in a 1964 paper titled "Interneurons Commanding Swimmeret Movements in the ... [70%] 2024-11-06 [Neurons]
Dassault nEUROn: The Dassault nEUROn is an experimental unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being developed with international cooperation, led by the French company Dassault Aviation. Countries involved in this project include France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. (Experimental unmanned combat aerial vehicle) [70%] 2024-08-09 [Stealth aircraft] [Dassault Group aircraft]...
Command neuron: A command neuron is a single neuron (or small set of neurons) whose stimulation results in the evocation of an endogenous, specific, naturally occurring behavior pattern. Command neurons act as neural decision making cells; push buttons that can trigger a ... (Biology) [70%] 2024-08-13 [Neurons]
Spinal neuron: A spinal neuron is a neuron in the spinal cord. Some spinal neurons are heteromeric, i.e. (Biology) [70%] 2024-08-13 [Spinal cord] [Neurons]...
Anaxonic neuron: An anaxonic neuron is a type of neuron where there is no axon or it cannot be differentiated from the dendrites. Being loyal to the etymology of anaxonic there are two types of anaxonic neurons in the human nervous system ... (Biology) [70%] 2024-08-13 [Neurons]
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