Sensory neurons

sensory neurons each with a primary cilium
supporting cells between them ...

sensory neurons Neurons that carry signals from receptors and transmit information about the environment to processing centers in the brain and spinal cord. Neurons carrying messages from sensory receptors to the spinal cord.

Olfactory sensory neurons project axons to the brain within the olfactory nerve, (cranial nerve I).

Sensory neurons in the antenna generate odor-specific electrical signals called spikes in response to odour. They process these signals from the sensory neurons in the antennal lobe followed by the mushroom bodies and lateral horn of the brain.

The neurons that take in information from the environment are called sensory neurons.

Some of the afferent sympathetic fibers end about the cell bodies of somatic sensory neurons and visceral impulses are thus transmitted to these neurons which conduct them as well as their own special impulses to the spinal cord.

These sensory neurons are part of the peripheral nervous system. If they lead into the brain, they are cranial nerves or if they lead into the spinal cord, they are spinal nerves.

Sensory neurons typically have a long dendrite and short axon, and carry messages from sensory receptors to the central nervous system.

Neurons with sensory input are called sensory neurons, neurons with muscle outputs are called motoneurons, neurons that connect only with other neurons are called interneurons. Neurons connect with each other via synapses.

An impulse sent to the brain from activated receptors and sensory neurons.
sensory neuron
A nerve cell that receives information from the internal and external environments and transmits the signals to the central nervous system.

Mechanoreceptors sensory neurons stimulated by physical means such as pressure‚ motion‚ touch‚ or stretching
(mechano = an instrument‚ machine) ...

Main olfactory epithelium A specific region of the nose, containing approximately 1 million sensory neurons, that detects odorants.

See also: Neuron, Brain, Trans, Action, Receptor