and electrical impulses to other cells. These “roads” are typically depicted as smooth and cylindrical, with occasional bulges that store and release neurotransmitters, extending from the amoeba-like ...

When a neuron’s dendrite or cell body receives enough inputs from other neurons via chemical or electrical synapses and a particular threshold for that neuron is exceeded, the neuron is triggered to ...

which transport materials from the cell body to the axon terminals at the synapse. (D) The growth cone contains dendritic actin filament networks and parallel actin filament filopodia.

But neurons are not alone in the brain or elsewhere in the nervous system: Brain cells called glia play various supporting roles to keep the system running smoothly. Between the axon of a ...

a cell body, which contains a nucleus, mitochondria and other organelles essential for cell function; a long tail called an axon, which transmits electrical and chemical signals away from the cell ...

All information both to and from the body must be coordinated and transmitted ... and insulation around the axon. Why must glial cells support neurons? Neurons are specialized cells that receive ...