SENSORY NEURON

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N., Pam M.S.
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a neuron that gets information from the environment via specialised receptor cells and transmit it to the central nervous system.

SENSORY NEURON: "A sensory neuron gets information from the environment around it."

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  1. GABAA RECEPTOR
  2. BRAIN POTENTIAL
  3. EFFERENT NEURON
  4. INTERNEURON
  5. BETA ADRENORECEPTOR
  6. NEURAL PATHWAY
  7. AROUSAL SYSTEM
  8. NEURON (NEURONE)
  9. END PLATE
  10. FIRST-ORDER NEURON
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SENSORY NEURON," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/sensory-neuron/ (accessed August 7, 2020).
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