{{neuron map}}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]]. 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 an electrical impulse along the axon. However, there is significant variation in cellular architecture and function across the animal kingdom.
==References==
* 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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