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nerve impulse

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the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

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they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus Source: Internet

The release of a neurotransmitter is triggered by the arrival of a nerve impulse (or action potential ) and occurs through an unusually rapid process of cellular secretion ( exocytosis ). Source: Internet

When a muscle cell becomes stimulated by a nerve impulse, calcium goes back across the ER membrane into the cytosol and generates the contraction of the muscle cell. Source: Internet

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