: the progressive physicochemical change in the membrane of a nerve fiber that follows stimulation and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector
called alsonervous impulse
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Recent Examples on the WebThe researchers then tested whether each of these compounds could trigger a nerve impulse from the mosquitoes’ antennae to their brains, indicating that mosquitoes can sense the chemical. Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2022 According to Healthline, the alkaloids in poison hemlock can affect nerve impulse transmission to muscles, which eventually can kill the person through respiratory failure. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021 When light hits the rod and cone cells, nerve impulses are triggered and sent to the brain through the optic nerve. Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2020 The retina converts light images into nerve impulses that are relayed to the brain to produce sight. Harvard Health Letter, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019 Many venom components disable or kill by blocking the channels for sodium or other ions that are necessary for transmission of nerve impulses. Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 17 Oct. 2019 Glial cells, among other things, build sheaths of a fatty material called myelin, which acts as an insulator to isolate the electrical activity of nerve impulses. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2018 It had been suggested that some aspects of cognition were dependent upon the speed and efficiency of nerve impulses, which in turn depends on this insulation. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2018 The tunneling rate would change with different molecules, triggering nerve impulses that create the perceptions of different smells in the brain. Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2018 See More