The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.
    

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Neurons and astrocytes from neural stem cells

Myelinated nerves in a mouse brain, TEM

Dorsal Root Ganglion neuron growth cones

Differentiated neural stem cells

Neurons derived from neural stem cells

Transmitters and identified neurons in the mammalian central nervous system / Andris K. Tebēcis.

Neurotransmitters

Strukturnye osnovy mezhneĭronnoĭ integr︠at︡sii / V.P. Babmindra, T.A. Bragina ; [V.N. Maĭrorov, otvetstvennyĭ redaktor].

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Transmitters and identified neurons in the mammalian central nervous system / Andris K. Tebēcis.

Neurons derived from neural stem cells

Neurotransmitters

Strukturnye osnovy mezhneĭronnoĭ integr︠at︡sii / V.P. Babmindra, T.A. Bragina ; [V.N. Maĭrorov, otvetstvennyĭ redaktor].

Dorsal Root Ganglion neuron growth cones