Neurons

"Neurons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neurons" by people in this website by year, and whether "Neurons" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 586 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 42 publications in 2008
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