{"id":8576,"date":"2020-06-13T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2020-06-13T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T08:12:23","slug":"axons-and-the-role-as-shock-absorbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/axons-and-the-role-as-shock-absorbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Axons and the role as shock absorbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology have found out that spectrin, which are flexible rod-shaped molecules present in axons, act as \u2018shock absorbers\u2019 to protect axons from stretch-induced damage.<\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/2020\/6\/12\/8\/39\/13\/Axons.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The study can help in understanding and treatment of concussion from head injuries as well as stretch-induced nerve injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Axons are long tubular extensions of nerve cells that transmit electrical signals across long distances and can be up to a meter long in the case of humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At such lengths, they are subjected to large stretch deformations during limb or other bodily movements. Axons in the brain too undergo significant deformations, even during normal activities like jumping.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Axons vs Dendrite:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/--wzlwic8WeE\/UmpPle74K5I\/AAAAAAAAAQ4\/ap7MFx15t-g\/axon%252520and%252520densrites%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" alt=\"Major Differences: Difference between Axon and Dendrites\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An axon is one of two types of cytoplasmic protrusions from the cell body of a neuron; the other type is a dendrite.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Axons are distinguished from dendrites by several features, including<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 shape (dendrites often taper while axons usually maintain a constant radius),<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 length (dendrites are restricted to a small region around the cell body while axons can be much longer), and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 function (dendrites receive signals whereas axons transmit them).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hi-static.z-dn.net\/files\/de2\/0bee391c3c54e21002295cec16158e4d.png\" alt=\"What are the differences between axons and dendrites? - Brainly.in\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Science Why in news? \u2022 Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute under the Department of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-8576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8577,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8576\/revisions\/8577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}