sensory neuron
Americannoun
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When the hairs bend, they release an excitatory neurotransmitter at a synapse with a sensory neuron, which then conducts action potentials to the central nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In response to this stimulation from the sensory neuron, the interneuron then inhibits the motor neuron that controls the triceps brachii.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Somatic reflexes always involve the CNS, even in a monosynaptic reflex in which the sensory neuron directly activates the motor neuron.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
However, generator potentials can initiate action potentials in the sensory neuron axon, and postsynaptic potentials can initiate an action potential in the axon of other neurons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Each olfactory sensory neuron has dendrites that extend from the apical surface of the epithelium into the mucus lining the cavity.
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