Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 6 compound words that contain neurons. The most common are listed below. Open neurons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- mirror neuronsplural of mirror neuron: A neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.
- motor neuronsplural of motor neuron: A neuron that transmits impulses from the central nervous system to effector tissues (e.g., muscles or glands).
- sensory neuronsplural of sensory neuron: A neuron that transmits nerve impulses from a sense organ towards the central nervous system.
- spindle neuronsplural of spindle neuron: One of a class of neurons with a spindle-shaped soma, a single apical axon, and a single dendrite.
- pyramidal neuronsplural of pyramidal neuron: Any large, triangular-shaped neuron in the cerebral cortex that transmit impulses to voluntary muscles
- Purkinje neuronsplural of Purkinje neuron: A kind of GABAergic neuron located in the cerebellar cortex.
- medium spiny neuronsplural of medium spiny neuron: A special type of GABAergic inhibitory cell involved in body movement.
- rosehip neuronsplural of rosehip neuron: A type of information-controlling brain cell, which is found in humans.
- von Economo neuronsplural of von Economo neuron: A spindle neuron.
- input neuronsplural of input neuron: A neuron in the input layer of a neural network, outputting only a constant.
- Jennifer Aniston neuronsplural of Jennifer Aniston neuron: A hypothetical neuron that represents a complex but specific concept or object, and activates upon recognition.
- spiny projection neuronsplural of spiny projection neuron: A special type of GABAergic inhibitory cell involved in body movement.
- antimirror neuronsplural of antimirror neuron: A neuron that fires when someone performs an action and reduces its firing when that person observes another performing the action, or vice versa.
- get someone's neurons firingTo stimulate brain action; to make someone think a lot.
Compound words 6
- interneuronsplural of interneuron: A multipolar neuron that connects afferent and efferent neurons.
- motoneuronsplural of motoneuron: A motor neuron.
- algoneuronsplural of algoneuron: A peripheral afferent which, when activated, evokes a sensation of pain
- calneuronsplural of calneuron: Any of a family of calcium sensor proteins expressed in the nervous system
- motorneuronsplural of motorneuron: A neuron that transmits impulses from the central nervous system to effector tissues (e.g., muscles or glands).
- paraneuronsplural of paraneuron: An epithelial cell, in taste buds, that can secrete a neurotransmitter but does not have dendrites or an axon