Synonyms for neuron
neu·ron

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1. neuronnoun

   Synonyms:
   neurocyte, nerve cell

2. Neuronnoun

   title of a peer reviewed journal established in 1988 by publisher Cell Press

   Synonyms:
   neurocyte, nerve cell

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.5 / 16 votes

1. nerve cell, neuronnoun

   a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

   Synonyms:
   nerve cell

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1. List of paraphrases for "neuron":

   neuronal, neural

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1. Olga Santiago:

   It's critical to diagnose early and to begin treatment as early as possible to stop the irreversible motor neuron loss, and make the achievement of motor milestones such as crawling, sitting and walking possible.

2. Andrew Lane:

   Your whole nose is lined with mucous membranes ... and in the upper part of the nose, there's this very specialized mucous membrane, and that's where you sense smells. And this is really a unique kind of tissue in the body, first of all, it's the only place in the body where a neuron that's coming from the brain directly contacts the outside world … and the part that sticks out in the environment can is what actually can detect an [odor molecule]. … And then and then it sends a signal like straight to the brain.

3. Hyon Choi:

   As a major natural antioxidant in the body, uric acid has been estimated to account for more than 50 percent of the antioxidant capacity of plasma, with these potentially neuro-protective properties, uric acid has been hypothesized to protect against oxidative stress, a prominent contributor to dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinson's disease, which may also play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

4. Warren Fried:

   Developmental dyspraxia impacts additional motor skills such as ocular, short-term memory issues, judgment, processing and function delays, sensory concerns and language, with the condition comes many (other) disorders, which can be more debilitating as dyspraxia impacts neuron development.

5. Viviane Labrie:

   Alpha-synuclein is a protein that doesn't like to stay put. It's able to move from neuron to neuron, and it has been shown that it can travel.