(from the article `drug`) Local anesthetics can block conduction of nerve impulses along all types of nerve fibres, including motor nerve fibres that carry impulses from the ... [22 related articles]
The electrical signal that travels along a nerve to pass a message from one area of the body to another.
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An action potential.
[n] - the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
How information passes along a nerve fibre; like a tiny electrical charge
impulse noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; `they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus`
In biology, a means of carrying information between different parts of the body. Nerve impulses travel at speed along nerve cells (neurones). A sequence of impulses carries information. A stimulus from the environment may cause impulses to be sent from the receptor receiving the stimulus, along a sensory neurone, and to the brain or spinal cord. Fo...
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.