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Schematic drawing of a neuron. Each neuron a single large axon.

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Once the axon reaches the target site synapses or points of connection form between the.

. Robert Turner Daniel De Haan in Progress in Brain Research 2017. The neuron doctrine is the universally accepted concept that the nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells the neurons supported by astrocytes and by other glial cells. 31 The Neuron Doctrine of Cajal.

The point of connection between two neurons is called a synapse. This discovery was due to the brilliant neuroanatomical work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal Finger. Open in a separate window.

At the distal tip of the axon is a growth cone that serves to guide the axon to targeted brain regions.

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