Introduced species A species that is introduced to a region of the world where it has not historically existed. Also known as Exotic species or Non-native species

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Multipolar cells have one axon and many dendrites.

Motor neurons

Hippocampal pyramidal cells with dendrites in the apex and base

Cerebellum Purkinje cells with an extensive dendritic tree in a single plane

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In the peripheral nervous system, myelin is compacted when the extracellular portions of a membrane protein called protein zero (P0 ) lock to the extracellular portions of P0 in the apposing membrane

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In the CNS of mammals, most neurons are myelinated, but the cells that form the myelin are oligodendrocytes rather than Schwann cells

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In multiple sclerosis, a crippling autoimmune disease, patchy destruction of myelin occurs in the CNS

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Orthograde transport

moves from the cell body toward the axon terminals 

occurs along microtubules that run along the length of the axon and requires dynein and kinesin

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Orthograde transport has:

Fast axonal transport occurs at about 400 mm/day 

Slow axonal transport occurs at 0.5 to 10 mm/day