Definition of "interneuron" [interneuron]

• A nerve cell found entirely within the central nervous system that acts as a link between sensory neurons and motor neurons. (noun)

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• "They discovered that the “molecular layer interneuron” functions as a “gatekeeper”, controlling electrical signals that leave the cerebellum."
• "Loss of executive inhibitory influences may explain more violent or spontaneous out of control behavior, autism of all forms, and onset and progression of many neurological disorders from cortical to midbrain motor interneuron Parkinson's to ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and peripheral motor and sensory neuropathic disorders."
• "Electrophysiological measurements of brain activity play an important role in understanding signal propagation through individual neurons and neuronal networks, but existing technologies are relatively crude: Micropipette electrodes poked into cells are invasive and harmful, and microfabricated electrode arrays are too bulky to detect activity at the level of individual axons and dendrites, the neuronal projections responsible for electrical signal propagation and interneuron communication."