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Volume 8 No 3 (2010)
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The Neuron: The Basis for Processing and Propagation of Information in the Nervous System
Eleonore Fröhlich
Abstract
Nerve cells (neurons) are the basis for processing and propagation of
information in the nervous system. The morphology of neurons, the generation
of action potentials and intercellular communication by chemical and
electrotonic synapses is described and illustrated by schematic and electron
microscopic pictures. Neurotransmitters are described according to their mode
of action and the action of pharmaceutics and drugs on receptors and
neurotransmitter levels is explained
Keywords
neuron, neurotransmitter, synapse, morphology, neuromuscular junction, neuropeptides
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