Swirling Synapses
Published: 16.05.2012
View through an electron microscope: In the center of this specimen from the hippocampus, two Axon terminals, the presynaptic boutons (blue), nestle against a Dendrite and its protrusion, the dendritic spine (green). The synaptic cleft is marked in purple. The vesicles containing neurotransmitters can be seen in the terminal buttons.
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axon
The axon is the extension of the nerve cell that is responsible for conducting nerve impulses to the next cell. An axon can branch out many times, reaching a large number of downstream nerve cells. It can be more than a meter long. The axon ends in one or more synapses.
Tree-like branching area of nerve cells whose extensions act as a kind of antenna for receiving electrical impulses from other cells.
Axon
axon
The axon is the extension of the nerve cell that is responsible for conducting nerve impulses to the next cell. An axon can branch out many times, reaching a large number of downstream nerve cells. It can be more than a meter long. The axon ends in one or more synapses.
Dendrite
Tree-like branching area of nerve cells whose extensions act as a kind of antenna for receiving electrical impulses from other cells.
