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Anaxonic neuron

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An anaxonic neuron is a type of neuron where there is no axon or it cannot be differentiated from the dendrites. Unlike typical neurons that possess a single axon transmitting signals away from the cell body, anaxonic neurons have processes that are all morphologically similar. Being loyal to the etymology of anaxonic there are two types of anaxonic neurons in the human nervous system, the undifferentiated anaxonic neuron where the axon cannot be differentiated from the dendrites, and the unipolar brush cell (UBC), that has no axon and only a dendritic arbour. This structural peculiarity suggests specialized roles in neural circuits, particularly in modulating and integrating information rather than transmitting it over long distances.