Across
- 3. the short extension from a neuron that receives electrical impulses or signals from other cells
- 5. the part of the neuron that extends from the cell body to transmit signals to other neurons
- 7. the transmission site for electrical nerve impulses between two neurons; a neuronal "junction"
- 9. natural and controlled death of neurons in the brain that is part of normal development
- 10. the formation of new neurons in the brain
Down
- 1. chemicals released at synapses that act as signals from one neuron to another
- 2. a type of cell; the main component of the brain and nervous system
- 4. non-neural cells that make up connective tissue in the nervous system
- 6. (two words) the fatty insulating layer that forms around nerves to increase the speed of electrical nerve impulses
- 8. a neuron cell body