Axon Initial Segment (AIS): The part of a neuron where action potentials are ... often linked to changes in brain structure and function. Microtubules: Structural components of the cell that ...

A typical neuron will have thousands of dendrites, with each connecting to an axon of another neuron. The connection is called a synapse but is not a physical one. There is a gap between the ends ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving ... on the neurons’ patterns of activation. Changes in structure and function take place at the level of the synapses ...

The conditions are controlled in two ways with chemical and nervous responses. A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. They are long so they can carry messages up and ...

The axons of a neuron – the arm-like structures that stretch out and exchange signals with other brain cells like wires – are often depicted as sausage-like cylindrical tubes, but new imaging ...