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A '''neuron''' or nerve cell is the functional cellular unit of the [[nervous system]], along with the [[neuroglial]] cell it makes up all [[nervous tissue]]. Neurons are cells that can propagate an [[electrical impulse]] across the cellular membrane. The cell is divided into three major parts the [[dendrites]], [[soma]] or cell body, and the [[axon]]. The archetypal neuron receives input at the tips of the dendrites, integrates that information at the cell body and outputs a impulse along the axon. However, there significant variation in cellular architecture and function across the animal kingdom.  
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A '''neuron''' or nerve [[cell]] is the functional cellular unit of the [[nervous system]], along with the [[neuroglial]] cell it makes up all [[nervous tissue]]. Neurons are cells that can propagate an [[electrical impulse]] across the cellular membrane. The cell is divided into three major parts the [[dendrites]], [[soma]] or cell body, and the [[axon]]. The archetypal neuron receives input at the tips of the dendrites, integrates that information at the cell body and outputs a impulse along the axon. However, there significant variation in cellular architecture and function across the animal kingdom.  
    
==References==
 
==References==
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* Kandel, ER; Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
 
* Kandel, ER; Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
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