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Definition of Neurone
1. neuron [n -S] - See also: neuron
Medical Definition of Neurone
1. An excitable cell specialised for the transmission of electrical signals over long distances. Neurons receive input from sensory cells or other neurons and send output to muscles or other neurons. Neurons with sensory input are called sensory neurons, neurons with muscle outputs are called motoneurons, neurons that connect only with other neurons are called interneurons. Neurons connect with each other via synapses. Neurons can be the longest cells known, a single axon can be several metres in length. Although signals are usually sent via action potentials, some neurons are nonspiking. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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Literary usage of Neurone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"A STUDY OF THE neurone THEORY.* BY MARTIN H. FISCHER. ... Held (2) does not
believe in the neurone conception and maintains that anastomoses between nerve ..."
2. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"As to the physiological significance of the structural elements of the neurone,
we have little absolute knowledge but certain fairly well- grounded theories ..."
3. The Diagnosis of nervous diseases by James Purves-Stewart (1908)
"Here, as in upper neurone lesions, the signs and symptoms differ according to
the level at which the spino-muscular neurone is diseased. ..."
4. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1901)
"THE BEARING OP RESEARCHES SINCE 1891 UPON THE VALIDITY OF THE neurone DOCTRINE.
The reliability of the data upon which the neurone doctrine was founded— The ..."
5. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"The gray matter is the field of nexus between neurone and neurone. ... We know
of no reflex-arc composed of one single neurone only. ..."
6. Text-book of anatomy and physiology for nurses by Diana Clifford Kimber (1902)
"The neurone. — • Just as the anatomical and physiological unit of the muscular
tissue is the muscle-cell, or as it is often called, the muscle-fibre, ..."
7. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"The neurone.—Modern investigation has framed a conception of the nervous system
which differs greatly from that in vogue not many years ago. ..."
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