Dendritic tree with many synapses. It is shown that dendrites have extensive connections with the axons in the form of axodendritic synapses, which form an important mode of communication between neurons (see Synapse below and Ch.

Are synapses on dendrites?

First, the dendrites form a multitude of smaller or larger branches on which synapses are located. The synapses are the contact points where information from other neurons (i.e. 'presynaptic' cells) arrives. Second, at the soma starts also the axon, which the neuron uses to send action potentials to its target neurons.

Are synapses on dendrites or axons?

In the figure on the right, the postsynaptic ending is a dendrite (axodendritic synapse), but synapses can occur on axons (axoaxonic synapse) and cell bodies (axosomatic synapse).