The outgoing branch of a neuron. Impulses pass down the axon to the dendrites of other neurons.
Most neurons have only one axon.
The place in cell where information is received and stored and where the cell determines what response to make to the message. The seat of the intellectual functioning that distinguishes us as human beings. Covers the brain like a layer of bark on a tree. A brain cell and the main source of cognition. We are born with more than 100 billion neurons.