A branch of a neuron that brings chemical and electrical stimulus into the neuron at the synapse
A crystalline shape produced by skeletal growth ("dendritic growth") resulting in "tree-like" appearance (often with many branches) in metal deposition
Spindly branch emanating from the cell body of the neuron that receives information from nearby neurons or transduces other changes in the environment via specialized receptors
A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e
Neurons have branches There is a single thin axon that initiates and propagates impulses to distant destinations, and there are somewhat thicker dendritic branches that receive synapses from other neurons's axon terminals Pyramidal neurons have a tall-tree-like apical dendrite plus some rootlike basal dendrites At least in neocortex, dendrites are the receiving branches of the neuron and the axon is the sending branch Elsewhere, some dendrites can also act like axon terminals, releasing neurotransmitter in response to impulses and local voltage changes [26, 31]
(1) A crystal that has grown in treelike branching mode (2) A crystal that has a tree-like branching pattern, being most evident in cast metals slowly cooled through the solidification range
threadlike extensions of the neuron, composing most of the receptive surface of a neuron
the part of the neuron that receives messages from the axons of other nerve cells; the two types of dendrites are apical dendrites and basilar dendrites
Any of the usual branching protoplasmic processes that conduct impulses toward the body of a nerve cell See also Protoplasm
Extensions from the neuron cell body that take information TO the cell body A single nerve may possess many dendrites
The `cables' which deliver electrical signals to a neuron Typically each neuron possesses tens of thousands They are usually only one hundred thousandth of a meter in length