How to Use neuron in a Sentence

neuron

noun

• The neurons in our brains aren’t linked in the same way.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
• And his dyes have gone on to light up neurons in flies and mice.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2017
• Two-thirds of these neurons are in their arms and the rest are in the brain.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
• How does a neuron know when to stop shoving?
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
• The drug has tripped the neurons into singing from the same hymn sheet.
  — The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
• The room was pitch black, save for the green glow emitted by the neurons.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2018
• When a neuron in the organoids fired, one of the electrodes would light up.
  — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
• The orexin neurons are a very big deal, and not just for those like me who've lost them.
  — Henry Nicholls, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
• As a result, neurons near the site of the stroke get damaged.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
• The neurons that are required to be able to feel pain don't exist.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2019
• The researchers grew neurons from mice and humans in the lab.
  — New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025
• The dopamine neurons stop firing.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
• Deep in your brain, neurons known as concept cells are firing.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
• When two neurons fire at the same time, the synapses between them grow stronger.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
• The brain is a bit like a beehive, where a neuron is the queen, Macaulay says.
  — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2024
• Astrocytes work on longer timescales than neurons do.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
• How does a tangle of neurons give rise to the feeling of being a self?
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
• The good news is that mirror neurons can also work the other way.
  — Daryl Austin, Parents, 14 Mar. 2025
• How do neurons reach out and grab other neurons and send signals to them?
  — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Maybe, but why use a tool that is disconnecting the neurons in your brain?
  — James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
• This approach would be perfect if each neuron in a model had a clear, unique role.
  — Celia Ford, Vox, 26 July 2024
• Fear or stress can fray neurons in the brain, which can inhibit new learning.
  — J.p. Lawrence, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
• What would neurons be without the glial cells that surround and support them?
  — Jennifer Leman, Scientific American, 29 July 2019
• Battered and scarred blood vessels that are no longer able to support neurons.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• And there was still the question of what signal those waves sent to downstream neurons.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
• Dopamine is not just present in neurons involved in these processes.
  — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
• All of these protons and neurons, something else happens with them.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
• The world arranges itself around him; the heart beats and the neurons fire and the markets move.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
• For the record, the human brain has about 86 billion neurons.
  — Leticia Fanucchi, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
• These are not random neuron firings.
  — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025