- Title Pages
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Dendrite structure
- Chapter 2 Evolution and scaling of dendrites
- Chapter 3 Dendrite development
- Chapter 4 Molecular determinants of dendrite and spine development
- Chapter 5 Local translation in dendrites
- Chapter 6 Structure and molecular organization of the postsynaptic density
- Chapter 7 Subcellular distribution of ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels
- Chapter 8 Neurotransmitter-gated ion channels in dendrites
- Chapter 9 Dendritic voltage-gated ion channels
- Chapter 10 Biochemical compartmentalization in dendrites
- Chapter 11 Spine calcium signaling
- Chapter 12 Principles of dendritic integration
- Chapter 13 Dendritic integration in vivo
- Chapter 14 Modeling dendrites: a personal perspective
- Chapter 15 A theoretical view of the neuron as an input–output computing device
- Chapter 16 Toward a simplified model of an active dendritic tree
- Chapter 17 Modeling dendrite shape
- Chapter 18 Functional plasticity at dendritic synapses
- Chapter 19 Structural plasticity in dendrites and spines
- Chapter 20 Molecular signaling during plasticity of dendritic spines
- Chapter 21 Dendrites as transmitters
- Chapter 22 Dendritic connectomics
- Chapter 23 Linking dendritic processing to computation and behavior in invertebrates
- Chapter 24 Dendrites and disease
- Chapter 25 The future of dendrite research
- Index
Dendrites as transmitters
Dendrites as transmitters
- Chapter:
- (p.603) Chapter 21 Dendrites as transmitters
- Source:
- Dendrites
- Author(s):
Nathaniel Urban
Troy W. Margrie
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
As detailed in other chapters of this book, classically dendrites have been considered to be passive structures that receive signals and do little else. Beautiful in their shape but mundane in their function, dendrites have been compared with antennae, funnels, and a variety of other receivers of signals. This chapter focuses on the role of dendrites as transmitters rather than receivers, describing the way that through release of neurotransmitters dendrites can convey information about local activity across small numbers of synapses to nearby cells. It considers in detail the idea that, by acting at a local level across many branches of a neuron’s dendritic tree, dendritic release has a profound impact on global neuronal function in a variety of brain areas, with special focus on the olfactory bulb.
Keywords: neurotransmitters, dendrites, olfactory bulb, synapses, dendritic release
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- Title Pages
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Dendrite structure
- Chapter 2 Evolution and scaling of dendrites
- Chapter 3 Dendrite development
- Chapter 4 Molecular determinants of dendrite and spine development
- Chapter 5 Local translation in dendrites
- Chapter 6 Structure and molecular organization of the postsynaptic density
- Chapter 7 Subcellular distribution of ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels
- Chapter 8 Neurotransmitter-gated ion channels in dendrites
- Chapter 9 Dendritic voltage-gated ion channels
- Chapter 10 Biochemical compartmentalization in dendrites
- Chapter 11 Spine calcium signaling
- Chapter 12 Principles of dendritic integration
- Chapter 13 Dendritic integration in vivo
- Chapter 14 Modeling dendrites: a personal perspective
- Chapter 15 A theoretical view of the neuron as an input–output computing device
- Chapter 16 Toward a simplified model of an active dendritic tree
- Chapter 17 Modeling dendrite shape
- Chapter 18 Functional plasticity at dendritic synapses
- Chapter 19 Structural plasticity in dendrites and spines
- Chapter 20 Molecular signaling during plasticity of dendritic spines
- Chapter 21 Dendrites as transmitters
- Chapter 22 Dendritic connectomics
- Chapter 23 Linking dendritic processing to computation and behavior in invertebrates
- Chapter 24 Dendrites and disease
- Chapter 25 The future of dendrite research
- Index