© 2000 Todd Neller.  A.I.M.A. text figures © 1995 Prentice Hall.  Used by permission.
•Basic unit of brain computation
•Dendrites
–many local to cell body
–senses input
•Axon
–one reaching ~1cm from cell body
–transmits output
•Axons connect to dendrites through synapses
The Neuron (cont.)