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brain cell

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noun

Anatomy.
  1. a neuron in the brain.


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The researchers emphasize that behavioral flexibility involves a much larger network than a single neurotransmitter or brain cell type.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Each brain cell receives thousands of inputs, and how it combines those signals determines whether it produces an output.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

New single-cell analysis tools have now enabled the researchers to examine, in detail, how different brain cell types respond at the molecular level.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

What happened between us has colonized every last brain cell.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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