Pyramidal neurons have basal and apical dendrites, including an apical tuft. This preserved core structure suggests that they have conserved core functions, whereas structural variation in other ...

Dendrites can be thought of as analogous to ... This part of the brain appears to be involved in a variety of functions, including language and visual processing, but is not critical to any ...

Dendrites are fibrous roots that branch out ... Neurons vary in structure, function, and genetic makeup. Given the sheer number of neurons, there are thousands of different types, much like ...

It ignored the idea (eventually confirmed) that individual dendrites might function differently from one another. And it ignored the possibility that computations might be performed by other internal ...

These dendrites are not uniform ... To explore how synapses function and adapt during learning, Wright and colleagues used advanced imaging to observe single synapses in the motor cortex of ...

The equally long-standing speculation is that this variability is fundamental to dendritic function. If so, then we can expect no unified view of dendrites to emerge, because the particularities ...

These are called apical and basal dendrites, respectively, and the study’s results suggest that they have distinctly different functions. Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be ...

They identified a subset of proteins enriched in young Purkinje cells that might be involved in dendrite growth and branching. Further work assessing the functions of these proteins brought them ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...