01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Myelin, Axon Terminal, Neuroglia

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Sean Stevens

Document Summary

Your nervous system is a complex communication network in which signals are constantly being received, integrated, and transmitted. The nervous system handles information, just as the circulatory system handles blood. The cells in the nervous system fall into major categories: glia and neurons. Neurons are individual cells in the nervous system that receive, ingrate, and transmit information. They are basic links that permit communication within the nervous system. The majority of them communicate only with other neurons, but a small minority receive signals from outside the nervous system or carry message from the nervous system to the muscles that move the body. Information is received at the dendrites, is passed through the soma and along the axon, and is transmitted to the dendrites of other cells at meeting points called synapses. Dendrites are the parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information from many other cells.