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Nerve impulse   /nərv ˈɪmpəls/   Listen
Nerve impulse

noun
1.
The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber.  Synonyms: impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse.





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"Nerve impulse" Quotes from Famous Books



... these problems of rate of transmission are certain fundamental problems concerning the nature of the nerve impulse or wave. Whether there is a nerve wave, the reaction-time worker has as favorable an opportunity to determine as anyone, and we have a right to expect him to do something along this line. The relations of the form ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various


Words linked to "Nerve impulse" :   action potential, electrical discharge, impulse, neural impulse


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