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Old 07-18-2006, 11:32 AM   #5
Promenea
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Not a tail so much as a process that extends out to make connections with other cells. These are neurons and like most neurons, they have axons and dendrites with which they make a network of contacts with other neurons. This clump is floating in a culture media. If it were in the brain it would organize itself into a dense group with lots of interconnections and connections with other types of neurons and it would also receive inputs and connections from other neurons.
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