Search results for "Neurons" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The somatic nervous system includes all the neurons connected with ... begins in the upper cell bodies of motor neurons (upper motor neurons) within ...6 KB (933 words) - 16:29, 14 October 2022
- Diagonal lines are perceived because of the way neurons in the brain interact. Different types of neurons react to the perception of dark and light colors ...4 KB (646 words) - 10:17, 25 November 2023
- Glial cells, commonly called neuroglia or simply glia, are one of two major classes of cells in neural tissues, the other being neurons, for ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- The enteric nervous system is very complex and has many more neurons ... neglected. It has as many as one billion neurons, which is one hundredth ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:48, 27 March 2022
- Dendrite is a highly branched, generally tapering extension of a neuron (nerve cell) that typically receives signals from other neurons and transmits ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- intricate CNS and a brain with 10 billion neurons and many times more interneural ... whereas the PNS consists of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- warning response instructing the motor neurons of the central nervous system ... source and related nociceptors, or pain detecting neurons. ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- releasing hormone (GnRH). The neurons that secrete GnRH are linked ... contains oxytocin and vasopressin neurons which project to the posterior ...21 KB (2,814 words) - 13:22, 4 February 2023
- y Cajal provided definitive evidence that neurons are discrete cells that ... To observe the structure of individual neurons, Ramón y Cajal used ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 03:22, 23 December 2022
- it is active both at the synapses between neurons and in the stimulation of ... Acetylcholine is synthesized in neurons utilizing the enzyme choline ...16 KB (2,189 words) - 07:34, 14 June 2023
- bind to odor molecules, including pheromones. The neurons that possess these receptors signal this binding by sending action potentials down their axons ...6 KB (965 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- have been suggested. Interactions between the neurons in the visual system may cause the perception of a distorted figure.Sara Bolouki and Roger Grosse ...4 KB (510 words) - 01:04, 18 November 2022
- in a vertebrate nervous system are neurons (nerve cells) and nerves ... nervous system consists of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside ...37 KB (5,767 words) - 21:40, 7 February 2023
- contains the two main categories of cells: neurons and supporting glia cells ... (PNS), consisting of all the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside ...36 KB (5,328 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- central nervous system, a vast network of neurons that receives sensory signals ... The brain is composed of two broad classes of cells, neurons and glia ...28 KB (4,199 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- nonmotile cilia of the olfactory receptor neurons. Each cell contains 8-20 ... 2002). This is a rare instance of healthy neurons dying and being replaced ...23 KB (3,591 words) - 10:31, 11 March 2023
- nerve cords, spinal cord, nerves, muscles, neurons (nerve cells), central nervous ... the PNS comprising all other nerves and neurons that do not lie within the ...32 KB (4,338 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- Most neurons are composed of four main components: A soma, or cell ... specific, gated channels in post-synaptic neurons, thus entering the post ...16 KB (2,070 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- studied because it consists of only two neurons: A sensory neuron (the muscle ... * [http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n17/history/neurons5_i.htm Neurons ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 17:05, 5 April 2024
- large enough to shift the lilac disks to new neurons of the visual system. Their afterimages essentially cancel out the original images, and all one ...5 KB (816 words) - 01:40, 26 October 2022
