L'Axone Schedule

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Q J Exp Physiol Cogn Med Sci 57:213-225.Russell NJ (1980) Axonal conduction velocity changes following muscle tenotomy or deafferentation during development in the rat.

Along these the bifurcated impulse travels simultaneously to signal more than one other cell.The physiology can be described by the Hodgkin-Huxley Model, extended to vertebrates in Frankenhaeuser-Huxley equations.

Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley also employed the squid giant axon (1939) and by 1952 they had obtained a full quantitative description of the ionic basis of the action potential, leading the formulation of the Hodgkin-Huxley Model.Hodgkin and Huxley were awarded jointly the Nobel Prize for this work in 1963.The formulas detailing axonal conductance were extended to vertebrates in the Frankenhaeuser-Huxley equations.

All of these rules have exceptions, however.Some types of neurons have no axon—these are called amacrine cells, and transmit signals from their dendrites.

At a synapse, the membrane of the axon closely adjoins the membrane of the target cell, and special molecular structures serve to transmit electrical or electrochemical signals across the gap.

The filopodia are the mechanism by which the entire process adheres to surfaces and explores the surrounding environment.

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