Neurons are a major class of cells (parenchyma) in the nervous system whose main role is to process and transmit information. In vertebrate animals, neurons are found in the brain, the spinal cord and in the nerves and ganglia of the peripheral nervous system.
Neurons are typically composed of a cell body, a dendritic tree and an axon. In the classic view of vertebrate neuron function, the cell body and dendritic tree receive electrical signals from other neurons while the axon transmits electrical output signals. For invertebrate neurons, the information flow is less well defined.
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Are they the motor end plates of the effector neurones?
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Neurons are able to generate and propagate electrical impulses because they have excitable membranes. Neurons make connections with other neurons and transmit information to them via synaptic transmission. Different types of neurons have different shapes(Like Plates), possess specific electrical properties adopted for their function and use different neurotransmitters.
2006-11-02 13:02:35
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answered by Carl 3
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They are the chemicals they brain uses to jump the synaptic gap between the transmitter of one nerve cell to the receiver of another cell.
PS neurotransmitters
2006-11-02 21:03:03
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answered by Anonymous
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they are the nerve endings that recieve the messages from your brain and tell your body parts where and how to move. Wiggle your finger...that was your brain and your nerve ending using neurotransmission to communicate.
2006-11-02 20:56:50
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answered by chris c 1
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Neurontransmitters are nerves that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals(we refer to it as information) to other nerves responsible for receiving the electrical signal.
2006-11-03 01:44:46
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answered by Si J 2
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neurotransmitters are the fluids that your nerve shoots from one nerve to the other through the synaptic gap, some examples would be epinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, and norepinephrine. hope i helped!
2006-11-02 21:05:38
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answered by Erikawithasmile 4
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