What in the heck is a brain neuron?

Answer 1

Its a brain-cell that forms part of a neural-network. Higher brain functions like decision making are not really understood, but you can read about how a neural-network process your senses like the images coming in through your eyes and recognising edges and features etc, then leading on to higher level networks that recognise objects, faces, letters and numbers, etc.

Some of our understanding of neurons comes from creating artificial neurons and neural networks as either electronic circuits or simulations on a computer. People can then examine how these networks can be made to learn by training them to recognise edges and features and objects, etc.

The postal service uses artificial neural networks to do Optical Character Recognition to read addresses and ZIP/Post Codes.

A very good program that demonstrates it is the old Windows 3.1 shareware program 'Atree adaptive logic network (ALN) simulation package' (see download link). It demonstrates learning and OCR. It may still run on Windows XP. The documentation and help file is very informative about how neural networks work.

Answer 2

Neurons (also known as neurones, nerve cells and nerve fibers) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that function to process and transmit information. In vertebrate animals, neurons are the core components of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.

Neurons are typically composed of a soma, or cell body, a dendritic tree and an axon. The majority of vertebrate neurons receive input on the cell body and dendritic tree, and transmit output via the axon. However, there is great heterogeneity throughout the nervous system and the animal kingdom, in the size, shape and function of neurons.

Neurons communicate via chemical and electrical synapses, in a process known as synaptic transmission. The fundamental process that triggers synaptic transmission is the action potential, a propagating electrical signal that is generated by exploiting the electrically excitable membrane of the neuron.

Answer 3

Neurons are cells that send and receive electro-chemical signals to and from the brain and nervous system. There are about 100 billion neurons in the brain.

Answer 4

Neurons are used for transmission or receive electrical impulses. In other words if you move your right hand your brain transmits this to fire a neuron to make your right hand move. I hope this helps.

Answer 5

It's a neuron in your brain and you can lose them if you take drugs and never get them back it basicly helps you think and hold info.

Answer 6

It is my favorite song by the Pointer Sisters. It was the theme in Eddie Murphys first movie or his seoncd. I get so damned mixed up with my new meds and est each week. nearly didn't find my way home this morningl. but i am fine now. all out of new syringes for this week. use the old dirty ones andthat is bad. Cannot remember much now. the meds get you.

Answer 7

Nerve cells that transmit signals to and from the brain.

Answer 8

A brain cell, that holds information.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron