Nerve-impulse Sentence Examples

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  • Exner first showed, many years ago, that the nerve impulse travels through the spinal ganglion at the same speed as along the other parts of the nerve trunk - that is, that it suffers no delay in transit through the perikarya of the afferent rootneurons.

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  • A single long axon carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body.

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  • The correct balance of electrolytes is crucial to many body functions, including muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission.

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  • Succinimides (ethosuximide, methsuximide, phensuximide) elevate the seizure threshold and make it harder for a nerve impulse to spread from one nerve to another.

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