Neuroscientists
have learned that dendrites do more than just provide passive wiring in
the brain. These nerve cell connectors also process information,
essentially functioning as tiny computers. Our brains, it would appear,
pack more computing power than we assumed.
Dendrites
are those branch-like extensions at the beginning of neurons that
increase the surface area of cell bodies, or soma. These tiny outgrowths
receive information from other neurons and transmit electrical
stimulation to the soma.
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