Are appendages that are designed to receive communications from other cells. They resemble a tree-like structure, forming projections that become stimulated by other neurons and conduct the electrochemical charge to the cell body (or, more rarely, directly to the axons)
Parts of nerve cells in the brain which look like small hair-like tentacles. The cells receive information via the dendrites and communicate with each other by passing electrical signals down the axons and releasing chemical signals at their ends.
A transient ischaemic attack (TIA), commonly called a ‘mini-stroke’, is a temporary disruption of blood supply to part of the brain that causes neurological symptoms but resolves completely within 24 hours (typically within minutes to a few hours) without causing permanent brain injury. The underlying process is identical to an ischaemic stroke, but the blockage … Read more