Dendrite

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Author: Dr. Greg Stuart, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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Dr. Greg Stuart accepted the invitation on 29 September 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 29 March 2009).

Dendrites are tree-like structures that receive, and sometimes transmit, information in the nervous system. In this article I will briefly describe their evolution, development and function.

Suggested by: Dr. Nelson Spruston, Department of Neurobiology & Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Invited by: Dr. Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia, the peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia
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