Hi.
I was looking for a complete neuron specification and I wasn't able to
find answers to a few questions still. I will really appreciate if you can
help me (with answers or a link where i can read about) to clarify my self.
You will save me a few nights and headaches ...
a. Dendrites Growth
- Do they grow orientated under the action of a neighboor firing
axon ?
- How far do they actually grow and how fast ?
- Do they grow for the entire life time ?
- the increase in the number of dendrites for the same neuron since
his
birth isn't random or linear or related to the needs ?!!
b. Synapses
- is it the incoming potential time related ? Considering 2 neurons
linked
by one synapse. When the first one fires for time t1 when the second is
blocked for time t2. But there is a gap in time d(t) when the second neuron
might be able to receive a part of the signal ?
- what is the signal velocity in a chain of neurons? I know that in
axon
is somewhere between 2-100 m/s but how much will be going through all those
synapses and soma's function?
Thank you,
Larry Lart
Digital Entity