{"id":64,"date":"2016-11-13T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/?p=64"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:40:29","slug":"neuron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/2016\/11\/13\/neuron\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>neuron<\/strong> is a specialized cell that transfers electrochemical signals. It allows information to be passed from one cell to the next and can amplify signals for greater response. Neurons are key components of the nervous system. Major anatomical components of the neuron include the <a href=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/2016\/11\/13\/dendrite\/\">dendrites<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/2016\/11\/13\/axon\/\">axon<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/2016\/11\/13\/myelin-sheaths\/\">myelin sheaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5864\/2016\/11\/Unlabeled-neuron-models-e1479059427438-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"unlabeled-neuron-models\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5864\/2016\/11\/Unlabeled-neuron-models-e1479059427438-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5864\/2016\/11\/Unlabeled-neuron-models-e1479059427438-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5864\/2016\/11\/Unlabeled-neuron-models-e1479059427438-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5864\/2016\/11\/Unlabeled-neuron-models-e1479059427438.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(&#8220;Neuron&#8221;, 2016)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/glossary-of-terms\/\">Back to Glossary.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The neuron is a specialized cell that transfers electrochemical signals. It allows information to be passed from one cell to the next and can amplify signals for greater response. Neurons are key components of the nervous system. Major anatomical components <a href=\"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/2016\/11\/13\/neuron\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/314-4-kbcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}