Instant Notes in Neuroscience (Instant Notes)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: BIOS Scientific Publ
Published: September 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781859960820
Subjects: Neurosciences; Test Preparation & Review; Neuroscience; Science; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Neurology - General; Science / Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Biochemistry
First sentence: The cell body (soma and perikaryon are synonyms) of a neuron (see Fig. 1) contains the nucleus, Golgi apparatus, ribosomes and other subcellular organelles, and is responsible for most of its routine metabolic 'housekeeping' functions.