brain cell

Noun
  1. A nerve cell in the brain (synset 105473520)
    is a type of: nerve cell, neuron - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
    subtypes:
    • golgi cell, golgi's cell - a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter
    • purkinje cell - a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex
    is a part of: brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

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