nerve impulse
a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
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How to use nerve impulse in a sentence
New techniques also make it possible to study how nerve impulses translate outside information to our inner worlds.
How technology can let us see and manipulate memories | Joshua Sariñana | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewA bracelet studded with electrodes can detect tiny nerve impulses on the wrist.
Can privacy coexist with technology that reads and changes brain activity? | Laura Sanders | February 11, 2021 | Science NewsThe nerve-impulse thus aroused is conveyed to the brain, and there translated into sound.
Spirit and Music | H. Ernest HuntIt was said in the preceding chapter that when a muscle contracts, it must first receive a nerve-impulse.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry PyleIn human action it is evident that there is always a stimulus to start the nerve-impulse which causes the action.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
There is another way in which the radiation of nerve impulse may be caused, entirely distinct from the lack of use or skill.
The Psychology of Singing | David C. TaylorThe nerve-impulse passing into the fibers of the muscles causes them to contract.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
British Dictionary definitions for nerve impulse
the electrical wave transmitted along a nerve fibre, usually following stimulation of the nerve-cell body: See also action potential
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