樹突syu6 dat6英文dendrites)係由神經細胞細胞體上面多個地點分枝出嚟嘅結構,呢種好似樹枝噉嘅形狀令佢哋俾人比喻式噉嗌做「樹」突。多數神經細胞接收訊號,都係靠連接住第啲神經細胞樹突嚟接收嘅,樹突會向四周圍嘅其他神經細胞嗰度分枝,令一粒神經細胞可以同時接受數以千計嘅輸入[1]

高基方法上咗色嘅人類海馬體神經細胞
  1. Hawkins, J., & Ahmad, S. (2016). Why neurons have thousands of synapses, a theory of sequence memory in neocortex. Frontiers in neural circuits, 10, 23.