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Introduction
- morphologic & functional unit of the nervous system.
- signals received on dendrites, transmitted by the axon.
- neurons may be specialized for a specific function[1]
More general terms
More specific terms
- amacrine cell
- aspiny neuron
- autonomic neuron
- basket cell
- bipolar cell
- catecholaminergic neuron
- chemoreceptor cell
- cholinergic neuron
- dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cell
- GABAergic neuron
- granule cell
- HT4 cell
- interneuron
- interstitial neuron
- mitral cell
- motor neuron
- NG 108-15 cell
- peptidergic neuron
- Purkinje cell
- pyramidal cell (neuron)
- retinal ganglion cell
- sensory neuron
- spiny neuron
- stellate neuron
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kozlov M How the brain builds sentences, neuron by neuron. Neural maps reveal the specialized cells that produce speech. Nature News. June 17, 2026 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01922-w
Cai J, Kfir Y, Jamali M, et al Mapping the neuronal building blocks of human language with language models. Nature. 2026 Jun 17. PMID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42310453 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10691-5