BCS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Multipolar Neuron, Hierarchical Organization, Golgi'S Method
24 Jan 2018
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Integrates (processes) information; receive inputs from other neurons: only in neurons, dendrites - little processes off soma - thick in onset, thin out on the way down. Surrounded by a membrane that protects the cell: differences with other cells, neurons do not reproduce after birth (or do very rarely) and actually decrease. Extra processes - dendrites and axons; to receive input from other axons. Willy-nilly -- either on axon, dendrites, or soma. The particular composition of embedded proteins in the cell membrane is critical for proper neuron function : visualizing neurons, the major problem in visualizing neurons is not their minuteness. Transported down microtubules to/from cell body or synapse: neuroanatomical structures, two kinds of gross neural structures; those composed primarily of cell bodies and those composed primarily of axons. Unipolar: motor neuros - partof pns - info out to muscles; multipolar - info to effector cells.
