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Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.
John Desmond Bernal

Meaning of "nerve impulse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NERVE IMPULSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NERVE IMPULSE

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Nerve impulse is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NERVE IMPULSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nerve impulse

Action potential

In physiology, an action potential is a short-lasting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called excitable cells, which include neurons, muscle cells, and endocrine cells, as well as in some plant cells. In neurons, they play a central role in cell-to-cell communication. In other types of cells, their main function is to activate intracellular processes. In muscle cells, for example, an action potential is the first step in the chain of events leading to contraction. In beta cells of the pancreas, they provoke release of insulin. Action potentials in neurons are also known as "nerve impulses" or "spikes", and the temporal sequence of action potentials generated by a neuron is called its "spike train". A neuron that emits an action potential is often said to "fire". Action potentials are generated by special types of voltage-gated ion channels embedded in a cell's plasma membrane.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE NERVE IMPULSE

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Synonyms and antonyms of nerve impulse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nerve impulse» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

神经冲动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impulso nervioso
570 millions of speakers

English

nerve impulse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तंत्रिका आवेग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النبض العصبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервный импульс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impulso nervoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্নায়ু প্রৈতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

influx nerveux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dorongan saraf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nervenimpuls
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神経インパルス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 임펄스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepinteran syaraf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xung động thần kinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நரம்பு தூண்டுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मज्जातंतू प्रेरणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sinir impulsu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impulso nervoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

impuls nerwowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервовий імпульс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

impuls nervos
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

νευρικής ώσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senuwee-impuls
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

nervimpuls
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

nerveimpuls
5 millions of speakers

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John Desmond Bernal
Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NERVE IMPULSE»

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Galvani's Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse
Proceeding from a chance observation on a frog leg, to studies on squid giant axons and bacteria, this book concludes with the increasing realization that ion channells are responsible for a variety of clinical disorders
Alan McComas, 2011
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Nerve Impulse: Transactions of the ... Conference
Spinal cord activity, control by monosynaptic and other paths, 1954: 125 afferent conduction after excitation of bulbar reticular formation, 1954: 45 automaticity of, 1950: 89 cerebellar system nerve impulse in, 1950: 12 synaptology of, 1950: 14,  ...
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Nerve Cells and Nervous Systems: An Introduction to Neuroscience
Propagation of the nerve impulse depends on the passive electrical (electrotonic) properties of the axonal membrane, which have been considered in Chapter 2. Once an action potential is generated by opening of the voltage-gated Na" ...
A.G. Brown, 2001
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The Human Body in Health and Illness
B, Depolarization. C, Repolarization. body to the axon terminal. Figure 10-7 shows that when nerve impulse one (NI-1) forms at point A, it also depolarizes the next segment of the membrane (point B), causing nerve impulse two (NI-2) to form.
Barbara Herlihy, 2013
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Voltage-Sensitive Ion Channels: Biophysics of Molecular ...
After several decades of influence, his theory was contradicted by new data on the amplitude of the threshold pulse (the lowest current strength that excited the nerve) and was abandoned.6 2. THE NERVE IMPULSE New measurements, ...
H. Richard Leuchtag, 2008
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Neuronal Man: The Biology of Mind
How the nerve impulse induces the secretion of acetylcholine when it invades the nerve terminal is still not completely clear. We do know, however, that acetylcholine forms small "packets" and that each impulse reaching the terminal releases, ...
Jean-Pierre Changeux, 1997
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What the Hell Are the Neurons Up To?: The Wire-Dangled Human ...
... system operating at both objective and subjective levels. The nerve impulse... is a process that involves primarily sodium ions, which have a positive electric charge. When a nerve cell is at rest, almost all the sodium ions are outside the cell.
Graham Collier, 2011
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The How and Why of UFOs
That is, if one was to place a sensitive detector at any point along the length of a mammalian neuron's axon, one would note that, after the neuron's cell body had been triggered to fire a single nerve impulse, up to 1,000 cyclical changes in the  ...
Kenneth W. Behrendt, 2011
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Neuroglia
The need for rapid conduction of the nerve impulse serves as a driving force that can determine and increase animal size. For an axon without myelin, the speed of impulse conduction is proportional to the diameter1'2. Therefore, in order to ...
Helmut Kettenmann, Bruce R. Ransom, 2005
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Chemical Pesticides Mode of Action and Toxicology
A nerve impulse propagated along the axon must be transmitted across the synaptic cleft to be further propagated. An impulse does not come alone, but in a train of impulses. Because impulse transmission in an axon is an all-or-nothing ...
Jørgen Stenersen, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NERVE IMPULSE»

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Aisha's fight: Holding on to hope in the battle against M.S.
Much like the insulation surrounding a wire, the myelin sheath helps with the transmission of a nerve impulse. Depending on the severity of ... «Windsor Star, Jul 15»
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Thich Nhat Hanh: The Power Of Walking Mindfulness Meditation
One nerve impulse, one action potential, needs only a millisecond. If you want, you can give yourself even more time. In that short amount of ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Olive Tree: Symbol of Peace and Healing
These essential fatty acids are found in high concentrations in the brain and are essential to normal nerve impulse transmission and brain ... «Onislam.net, Jul 15»
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Essential Minerals for Heart Health
... transport of calcium and potassium ions across cell membranes, a process that is important to nerve impulse conduction, muscle contraction, ... «Natural Products INSIDER, Jul 15»
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Brevard ophthalmologist: Multiple sclerosis affects vision
In addition to protecting nerves the way plastic coating protects bare electric wires, myelin accelerates the movement of nerve impulse. «Florida Today, Jun 15»
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MedDay Reveals Promising Data on Progressive Multiple Sclerosis …
MD1003 is an experimental drug that has pro-myelinotic properties and is thought to improve the supply of energy for nerve impulse ... «Multiple Sclerosis News Today, Jun 15»
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Brain Programmed To Anticipate Sounds
... hundreds of milliseconds it takes for a nerve impulse to make the trip from ear to brain. How can we discern sound patterns before we should ... «PhysicsCentral.com, Jun 15»
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Controlling the function of nerve cells that mediate perception of …
The resulting change in electrical potential is propagated along the membrane, initiating a nerve impulse that is transmitted to the brain, where ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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'Battlefield MRI' in the works
SQUIDs “are very, very sensitive to the existence of any magnetic field, and a magnetic field is generated whenever you have a nerve impulse, ... «Washington Times, May 15»
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Battlefield MRI in the works
SQUIDs “are very, very sensitive to the existence of any magnetic field, and a magnetic field is generated whenever you have a nerve impulse, ... «Albuquerque Journal, May 15»

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