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A dendrite (from Greek δένδρον déndron, "tree") or dendron is a branched cytoplasmic process that extends from a nerve cell that propagates the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project.
Crystal structure of a first-generation polyphenylene dendrimer reported by Müllen et al [5] A first-generation "cyanostar" dendrimer and its STM image [6]. The first dendrimers were made by divergent synthesis approaches by Fritz Vögtle in 1978, [7] R.G. Denkewalter at Allied Corporation in 1981, [8] [9] Donald Tomalia at Dow Chemical in 1983 [10] and in 1985, [11] [12] and by George R ...
A multipolar neuron is a type of neuron that possesses a single axon and many dendrites (and dendritic branches), allowing for the integration of a great deal of information from other neurons. These processes are projections from the neuron cell body .
Dendronized polymers can contain several thousands of dendrons in one macromolecule and have a stretched out, anisotropic structure. In this regard they differ from the more or less spherically shaped dendrimers, where a few dendrons are attached to a small, dot-like core resulting in an isotropic structure.
Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical signals to the neuron's cell body. Most spines have a bulbous head (the spine head), and a thin neck that connects the head of the spine to the shaft of the dendrite. The dendrites of a single neuron can contain hundreds to thousands of spines.
A unipolar neuron is a neuron in which only one process, called a neurite, extends from the cell body.The neurite then branches to form dendritic and axonal processes. Most neurons in the central nervous systems of invertebrates, including insects, are unipola
A dendrite is a branching projection of the cytoplasm of a cell. While the term is most commonly used to refer to the branching projections of neurons, it can also be used to refer to features of other types of cells that, while having a similar appearance, are actually quite distinct structures. [1] Non-neuronal cells that have dendrites:
Dendrite: the (usually) postsynaptic branch of a neuron that carries postsynaptic potentials toward the cell body In biochemistry , a dendron is the reduced form of its original dendrimer Topics referred to by the same term