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A prolongation or process extending from a nerve cell, e.g. an axon or dendrite. Protrusion from a dendrite. Spines are specialised subcellular compartments involved in the synaptic transmission. They are linked to the dendritic shaft by a restriction. Because of their bulb shape, they function as a biochemical and an electrical compartment. Spine remodeling is though to be involved in synaptic plasticity. Cylindric portion of the dendrite, directly stemming from the perikaryon, and carrying the dendritic spines. A dendrite that is found on a sensory neuron, and directly transduces a sensory signal from the sensory neuron to another neuron. A structure at the distal end of a dendrite adapted to carry out a specific function, e.g. dendriole. All of the contents of a dendrite, excluding the surrounding plasma membrane. A prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. A dendrite arising from another dendrite. A neuron projection that has a short, tapering, often branched, morphology, receives and integrates signals from other neurons or from sensory stimuli, and conducts a nerve impulse towards the axon or the cell body. In most neurons, the impulse is conveyed from dendrites to axon via the cell body, but in some types of unipolar neuron, the impulse does not travel via the cell body.

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GO TERM SUMMARY

Name: dendrite
Acc: GO:0030425
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A neuron projection that has a short, tapering, often branched, morphology, receives and integrates signals from other neurons or from sensory stimuli, and conducts a nerve impulse towards the axon or the cell body. In most neurons, the impulse is conveyed from dendrites to axon via the cell body, but in some types of unipolar neuron, the impulse does not travel via the cell body.
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GO:0030425 - dendrite (interactive image map)

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