: a grayish or reddish granular cell with specialized processes that is the fundamental functional unit of nervous tissue transmitting and receiving nerve impulses : neuron
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May Protect Against Cognitive Disease The antioxidants in pomegranates could help improve memory and cognitive function by protecting nerve cells from oxidative damage.—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 14 Oct. 2025 Body of knowledge The longest cell in the human body is the neuron or nerve cell.—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025 After serotonin does its job in the brain, nerve cells reabsorb it.—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, because the disease affects the nerve cells in the brain and spine that control muscle movement, patients slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk, and breathe independently.—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve cell
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