THE axon of vertebrate neurones may arise either from the soma or from a dendrite. When it arises from the soma it may arise directly, as in the Purkinje cells 1, or from a specialized region known as ...
The axon terminals, also known as terminal buttons, are the branched endings of the axon. These terminals form synapses with other neurons or target cells, such as muscle cells or gland cells. The ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 10 (March 5, 2013), pp. 4051-4056 (6 pages) It is widely believed that, in cortical pyramidal cells, ...