dendrite

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Once in the dendrite, the proteins either land in a place where they can do their electrical work or they move back towards the axon, only to be fished out again.

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  1. noun A mineral crystallizing in another mineral in the form of a branching or treelike mark.
  2. noun A rock or mineral bearing such a mark or marks.
  3. noun A branched protoplasmic extension of a nerve cell that conducts impulses from adjacent cells inward toward the cell body. A single nerve may possess many dendrites. Also called dendron.

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  • Toni N, Buchs PA, Nikonenko I, Bron CR, Muller D (1999) LTP promotes formation of multiple spine synapses between a single axon terminal and a dendrite. —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • Draw two neurons and label the following parts: a. axon b. dendrite c. cell body d. myelin sheath e. synapse 3. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • If the animals had a mutation in either one of these genes, Heiman and Shaham saw that even though the cell migrated normally away from the tip of the nose, the dendrite didn't stay anchored.
  • Instead, it dragged along behind the cell body, resulting in an abnormally short dendrite.
  • After the neuron drops anchor at the tip of the worm's nose, the cell body crawls away, stretching the dendrite out behind it as it goes.
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  1. = French dendrite = Spanish den-drita = Italian dendrite, from New Latin dendrites, from Greek δενδρίτης, of a tree, tree-, from δένδρον, a tree.
 

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