ganglion cell vs neuron

ganglion cell and neuron both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ganglion cell	Yes	No	No	No
neuron	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, neuron is a hypernym of ganglion cell; that is, neuron is a word with a broader meaning than ganglion cell:

ganglion cell: a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system
neuron: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Other hypernyms of ganglion cell include nerve cell.

ganglion cell (noun)	neuron (noun)
a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system	a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses