Chapter 11, Problem 8WIO

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The options for patients suffering from traumatic brain injury, since mature neurons in the brain do not replicate.

Introduction:

In the human body, neurons are specialized cells. The axon, a long structure resembling a tail, and dendrites, short structures extending from the cell body, are features of neuron cells. One developed neuron does not split into two. A neuron's primary role is to transmit information from the brain to cells, organs, and muscles.