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sensory neuron

NOUN
nerve cell
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When the hairs bend, they release an excitatory neurotransmitter at a synapse with a sensory neuron, which then conducts action potentials to the central nervous system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

When an odorant binds with a receptor that recognizes it, the sensory neuron associated with the receptor is stimulated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A free nerve ending, as its name implies, is an unencapsulated dendrite of a sensory neuron.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This occurs when a stimulus changes the cell membrane potential of a sensory neuron.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If a sensory neuron projects directly to the ganglionic neuron and causes it to activate the effector target, then the CNS is not involved.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013