neurons

1. The basic unit of nerve tissue; the nerve cells. Neurons carry and transmit electrical signals throughout the nervous system.

Example Sentences

Each little sphere is essentially a tiny, lab-grown mini-brain, made out of living stem cells which have been cultured to become clusters of neurons and supporting cells - these are the “organoids”.

From BBC

This mutation turns a normal protein needed in the brain – called the huntingtin protein – into a killer of neurons.

From BBC

In FTD, abnormal proteins accumulate in the brain’s frontal or temporal lobes, damaging and eventually destroying those neurons.

From Los Angeles Times

The show’s point is that you or I can and should pick up a hobby or enroll in a class to spark those neurons out of complacency.

From Salon

What is remembered and honored is his response to the ultimate “failure”: a failure of upper and lower motor neurons to make necessary connections that ultimately leads to rapidly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.

From Los Angeles Times