neuron
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most, single
VERB + NEURON
establish
NEURON + NOUN
dendrites
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A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
A nervure of an insect's wing.
A mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network.
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5The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons,
WiktionaryWhy was it so hard to establish that the neuron is the most basic unit of nervous tissue?
Tatoeba · #3570067Not a single neuron appeared to be firing.
Tatoeba · #11280856In the laboratory there is a piece of abstract art that is composed of images of neuron networks, showing their vast complexity.
Tatoeba · #11982278A neuron has dendrites and axons with synapses.
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