Excerpt from the Presentation:
Dendrites of neurons produce a spatial receptor field for chemical transmitters of synapses. These accommodate large numbers of diverse inputs to integrate neuronal signals between excitation and inhibition. A second function is to gauge the electrotonic spread to the initial segment for initiation of action potentials. A third function of dendrites is to respond to ligand inputs that activate voltage-gated calcium channels in generating dendritic action potentials.
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