Electrically Responsive Cells - Neuroendocrine Cells, Neurons, Axon, Dendrite, Myelin, Neurolemma, Nodes of Ranvier, Dendritic Spine, Grid Cell (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 168. Not illustrated. Chapters: Neuroendocrine Cells, Neurons, Axon, Dendrite, Myelin, Neurolemma, Nodes of Ranvier, Dendritic Spine, Grid Cell, Place Cell, Head Direction Cells, Medium Spiny Neuron, Purkinje Cell, Axon Terminal, Neuron Doctrine, Subthreshold Membrane Potential Oscillations, Command Neuron, Axon Hillock, Olfactory Receptor Neuron, Interneuron, Martinotti Cell, Chromaffin Cell, Unipolar Neuron, Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cell, Bipolar Cell, Synfire Chain, Lateral Giant Interneuron, Border Cell, Axolemma, Feature Detection, Mitral Cell, Axoplasm, Golgi I, Medial Giant Interneuron, Cutaneous Sense Organs, Pioneer Axon, Golgi Ii, Spatial View Cells, Connectomics, Wide Dynamic Range Neuron, H1 Neuron, Reinnervation, Sensory Unit, Basal Dendrite. Excerpt: A neuron (pronounced, also known as a neurone or nerve cell) is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electrical and chemical signaling. Chemical signaling occurs via synapses, specialized connections with other cells. Neurons connect to each other to form networks. Neurons are the core components of the nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral ganglia. A number of specialized types of neurons exist: sensory neurons respond to touch, sound, light and numerous other stimuli affecting cells of the sensory organs that then send signals to the spinal cord and brain. Motor neurons receive signals from the brain and spinal cord and cause muscle contractions and affect glands. Interneurons connect neurons to other neurons within the same region of the brain or spinal cord. A typical neuron possesses a cell body (often called the soma), dendrites, and an axon. Dendrites are filaments that arise from the cell body, often extending for hundreds of microns and branching multiple times, giving rise to a complex ...