ventricle and is the master control of the autonomic system. It plays a role in controlling behaviors such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sexual response. It also regulates body temperature, blood pressure, emotions, and secretion of hormones. Pituitary gland - lies in a small pocket of bone at the skull base called the sella turcica.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells (also known as accessory cells) of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system.
One form of excitable dendritic response is the backpropagating action potential. Following its initiation in the axon, the action potential propagates into the dendrites of the pyramidal neuron, though with some decrement in amplitude as it propagates (Stuart et al., 1997).Another form of dendritic excitability is the dendritically initiated action potential, or dendritic spike.oth the basal and apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons are studded with dendritic spines. These structures serve as the postsynaptic structure at most excitatory synaptic inputs received by the dendritic tree. Some excitatory inputs, however, contact the dendritic shaft in between dendritic spines.