variants
or less commonly axone
: a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body see neuron illustration
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This involved delivering a pulse of alternating current with a small amplitude, and at a frequency of 2 Hz that has previously been shown to be effective in encouraging axon growth in lab settings.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Positive ions flow in, causing a voltage change within the neuron that triggers it to fire with an action potential (3) that travels down the axon.
—Sangeeta S. Chavan, IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2025
Hodgkin and Huxley used fine electrodes to look for voltage differences across axons, and within a few weeks had exciting preliminary results—but then Hitler invaded Poland.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
In August, 1939, the British physiologist Alan Hodgkin and his student Andrew Huxley (Aldous’s half brother) examined squid giant axons, which are up to a thousand times thicker than typical human nerve fibres and thus easier to study.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Positive ions flow in, causing a voltage change within the neuron that triggers it to fire with an action potential (3) that travels down the axon.
—Sangeeta S. Chavan, IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2025
Hodgkin and Huxley used fine electrodes to look for voltage differences across axons, and within a few weeks had exciting preliminary results—but then Hitler invaded Poland.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
In August, 1939, the British physiologist Alan Hodgkin and his student Andrew Huxley (Aldous’s half brother) examined squid giant axons, which are up to a thousand times thicker than typical human nerve fibres and thus easier to study.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“Axon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axon. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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axon
noun
ax·on
ˈak-ˌsän 
variants
also axone
: a usually long and single process of a neuron that usually carries impulses away from the cell body compare dendrite sense 2
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