For treatment of later outbreaks of genital herpes, after the first infection, the acyclovir dosage is 200 mg five times a day (about every four hours) for five days, starting at the first signs of an outbreak. The earlier the medication is started, the better it works.
They connect receptors to the central nervous system and also connect one part of the nervous system to another, for example in the brain and spinal cord. They also carry impulses from the nervous system to effector organs, such as muscles and glands. When neurons are stimulated they transmit an electrical impulse.
It is the single neuron that transmit the action potential of a stimulus or the replying motor signal along the axons dendrites and the cell body whereas, the nerves simply covey the axons to and from the CNS. The neurons are the oldest cells of the body.