Sentences with phrase «neuron around the axon»

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And in a basket cell (above), axon branches, which allow the nerve cell to send messages to other neurons, cluster densely around the cell body.

In another neuron called a chandelier cell (above), vertical branches of its signal - sending axon, which serves to quiet other cells, dangle around the cell body.

Unexpectedly, the team discovered a thick band of microtubules, a component of the cell's cytoskeleton, that extended from the axon of the neuron into the synaptic terminal and then looped around the interior periphery of the terminal.

To visualize the elements that make up neurons — axons, dendrites, and cell bodies — Seung and Berger used a computer to draw 3 - D surfaces around the neural structures found in the cube.

These produce protective sheaths that wrap around the axons of peripheral neurons.

These endosomes are responsible for transporting material around cells and for degrading proteins including ones that signal neurons to grow the elaborately branched axons and dendrites that form neural connections.