Neuron
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A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell, is a cell that is excitable, firing electric signals called action potentials. Neurons form neural networks in the nervous system, mainly in the central nervous syste
Golgi-stained neurons in human hippocampal tissue
Synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters
A signal propagating down an axon to the cell body and dendrites of the next cell
Drawing by Camillo Golgi of a hippocampus stained using the silver nitrate method