Demonstrate irritability and conductivity, and thus transmit electrical messages from one area of the body to another area

Release neurotransmitters

Are amitotic

Able to divide; therefore are responsible for most brain neoplasms

Releases neurotransmitters

Conducts local electrical currents toward the cell body

Increases the speed of impulse transmission

Location of the nucleus

Generally conducts impulses away from the cell body

Clustered ribosomes and rough ER (endoplasmic reticulum)