Neurons that receive impulses and transmit them to other neurons.
Any nerve cell between the first and last nerve cells in a chain.
Neuron whose sole purpose is to connect other neurons to facilitate communication between them, especially between sensory and motor neurons; important in reflex arcs and in blocking out extraneous stimuli to the brain (helps people maintain attention).
A neuron in the central nervous system that acts as a link between the different neurons in a reflex arc. It usually possesses numerous branching processes (dendrites) that make possible extensive and complex circuits and pathways within the brain and spinal cord.
A neuron within the central nervous system (not directly connected to the periphery) that is neither sensory nor motor. There are two principal types: (a) those that convey information over short distances and are called local interneurons, internuncial neurons, local circuit neurons, or Golgi type II neurons, and (b) those that convey information from region to region and are called relay, principal, projection, or Golgi type I neurons.
A type of neuron, located only in the brain and spinal cord, that passes impulses from one neuron to another.