What about neurons (nerve cells) that makes them different from typical animal cells?

neurons differ from other cells in the body because:

Neurons have specialize cell parts called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring electrical signals to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body.Neurons communicate with each other through an electrochemical process.Neurons contain some specialized structures (for example, synapses) and chemicals (for example, neurotransmitters).

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