Dendrite

Soma

Axon

NEURAL ACTIVITY

Your brain has 86 billion neurons that communicate by sending and receiving signals through axon-dendrite connections called synapses. Neurons generally have three parts: a dendrite that receives a signal, a cell body called a soma that computes the signal, and an axon that sends a signal out.

Neurons are connected through synapses and communicate through electrical signals that can initiate action potential after receiving the right combination of spatiotemporal synaptic input.

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