neuron
a nerve cell in the body
A special cell in the body and brain that sends and receives tiny electrical signals.
a neuron in [a body part or brain region]
- Each neuron in the brain can form thousands of connections with other neurons.
- The disease causes certain motor neurons to die, leading to muscle weakness.
- When a neuron fires, it sends an electrical signal along its axon.
- Sensory neurons carry information from the skin to the spinal cord.
- Scientists recorded the activity of a single neuron while the patient looked at images.
- A neuron is a cell that sends signals in your brain.
- Many neurons work together when you move your hand.
- Some diseases damage the neurons in the spine.
- The doctor explained how neurons talk to each other.
- Neurons help you think, feel, and move.
unit in an artificial neural network
A basic part of a computer model of the brain that takes numbers in, changes them, and gives a new number out.
a neuron in [a neural network or layer]
- Each neuron in the hidden layer applies a nonlinear function to its inputs.
- In this model, every neuron has a weight for each input feature.
- The output neuron produces a probability for each class.
- Adding more neurons to the network increased its ability to fit the training data.
- The activation of a neuron is determined by the weighted sum of its inputs.
- In a neural network, each neuron gets numbers and sends out a new number.
- We added more neurons to the hidden layer to improve the model.
- The input goes into many neurons at the same time.
- Each neuron has weights that change during training.
- One neuron in the last layer gives the final answer.
- Base: neuron
- Plural: neurons
artificial neuron
1simplified neuron used in computing
A very simple computer version of a neuron used inside a neural network program.
- Each artificial neuron applies a weight to its inputs before summing them.
- The network consists of thousands of artificial neurons organized in layers.
- By adjusting the connections between artificial neurons, the model learns from data.
dopamine neuron
1neuron that releases dopamine
A neuron that mainly sends out the chemical dopamine to other neurons.
- Loss of dopamine neurons in the brain is a key feature of Parkinson's disease.
- The reward system relies heavily on dopamine neuron activity.
- The drug increased firing in dopamine neurons.
mirror neuron
1neuron active during doing and seeing
A neuron that fires when you do an action and also when you see someone else do the same action.
- Some scientists think mirror neurons play a role in empathy.
- Mirror neuron activity increases when we watch familiar gestures.
- The discovery of mirror neurons changed how we think about social learning.
motor neuron
1neuron that controls muscles
A neuron that carries signals from the brain or spinal cord to muscles so they can move.
- Motor neurons send commands from the spinal cord to the leg muscles.
- Motor neuron disease leads to progressive muscle weakness.
- The experiment measured how quickly motor neurons responded to stimulation.
neuron firing
1event of a neuron firing
The moment when a neuron sends an electrical signal along its length.
- The pattern of neuron firing changed as the animal learned the task.
- We recorded rapid neuron firing in response to the sound.
- Irregular neuron firing can lead to seizures.
sensory neuron
1neuron that detects stimuli
A neuron that feels changes like touch, pain, or temperature and sends this information to the brain or spinal cord.
- Sensory neurons in the skin respond to heat and pressure.
- Damage to sensory neurons can cause numbness in the hands.
- The study focused on how sensory neurons encode pain signals.
motor neuron disease
1Disease of muscle-controlling nerves
A serious illness that damages nerves which control muscles, making movement harder over time.
- He was diagnosed with motor neuron disease last year.
- He was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in his fifties.
- Motor neuron disease can cause muscle weakness and difficulty speaking.
- Motor neuron disease affects movement, speech, and breathing over time.
- Researchers are trying to find new treatments for motor neuron disease.