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Understand neurons and their main functions

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‘What are neurons?’ on the Healthline website

Neurons, also known as nerve cells, send and receive signals from your brain. While neurons have a lot in common with other types of cells, they’re structurally and functionally unique.

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Click to read ’11 fun facts about the nervous system’ on the Healthline website.
This article on the Very Well Mind website looks at ‘Action potential and how neurons fire’.
Click to read ‘Lights, camera, action potential’ as part of the Neuroscience for Kids website.