Specifically, sensory neurons are activated by a sensory input via ... which involve rapid changes in voltage across their membrane. When a neuron’s dendrite or cell body receives enough inputs from ...

The three neuron types (sensory, motor, interneuron) are separated into two categories based on whether or not they are ...

The neuron's dendritic branch, which processes visual information in sighted species, still plays a role and may now be processing other sensory inputs," explains Machnik. "What is particularly ...