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Categories: Electrochemistry, Cellular processes, Neural coding, Computational neuroscience, Articles with short description

nerve impulse nervous impulse neural impulse impulse

The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber WordNet 3.0

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The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract). Wiktionary

Signal transmitted along a nerve fibre. Wiktionary (translation)

They demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

IS A

electrical discharge

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action potential

inhibitory postsynaptic potential

threshold potential

cardiac action potential

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse

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nerve impulse

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nerve impulse