# Neuron **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Type:** Neural cell concept **Primary sources:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]]; [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Definition A **neuron** is an excitable cell that receives, integrates, and transmits signals through electrical and chemical processes. ## Relationships - Neurons are graph nodes in many [[wiki/Connectome|connectomes]] and biological units in [[wiki/Organoid Intelligence|organoid-intelligence]] systems. - [[wiki/Spiking Neural Network|spiking neural networks]] abstract selected neuronal behaviors into computational models. - Biological neurons, model neurons, and chip "neurons" are related abstractions, not interchangeable entities. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> - **Neurotech source and collection relationship:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] maps the applicable interface evidence in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]]. ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **FlyWire: Whole-Brain Completeness at Insect Scale** provides the narrative context for **Neuron**: The FlyWire Consortium, co-led by Mala Murthy (Director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Karol and Marnie Marcin '96 Professor of Neuroscience) and Sebastian Seung (Evnin Professor in Neuroscience and Professor of… - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **MICrONS: Function-Structure Registration at Mammalian Scale** provides the narrative context for **Neuron**: The MICrONS (Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks) program—funded by IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity) and NIH—achieved the critical mammalian-scale bridge with its April 2025 Nature collection… <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Are the simplest bits of information in the brain stored at the level of the neuron?” > **— Dorsa Amir**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* [[reminders/Neural Interfaces/Is the Neuron the Smallest Unit of Brain Information by Dorsa Amir|Is the Neuron the Smallest Unit of Brain Information by Dorsa Amir]]