Dendrite Nerve cell fibers that receive signals from other cells. The nerve cell, or neuron, has two types of fibers to send and receive signals. Dendrites are short, threadlike fibers that extend from the cell body of a nerve cell to receive signals....

Dendrites are processes of a NEURON whose function is to receive inputs, usually via synapses. After emerging from the SOMA, dendrites taper gradually while dividing into secondary and higher-order branches. The pattern of dendritic branching is unique...

Dendrites (from Greek dendron, “tree”) are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project. Electrical...

Two researchers who opened up the field of heart-valve replacement and a scientist who discovered a type of cell that plays a key role in the immune system have won prestigious medical prizes.The $150,000 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards will be presented Sept. 28 in...