Dendrites serve as the conduits of neural signals in the brain. Dendrites receive information through the Synapses and transmit it to the cell body, which then processes the information and sends it to the axon.1
Dendrites are the primary site for synaptic input to a neuron. They are the main structures that receive signals from other neurons. The dendrites of a neuron are covered with synapses, which are the connections between neurons. The synapses are the sites where the signals are transmitted from one neuron to another.
They are “root-like” in nature, either arrising from a single trunk, or from multiple trunks of a single neuron. Unlike the axon, dendritic processes taper distally and each successive branch is reduced in diameter.
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Dendrites are branched cytoplasmic extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons.