Sentences with phrase «conduct electrical signals»

An inner layer of silver serves to conduct the electrical signals and prevent the growth of microorganisms, while the outer layer of titanium, just a few nanometers thick, ensures signal stability and prevents skin irritation occurring and the release of silver particles.

Hanke suspects the gel helps conduct the electrical signals.

In animal studies, too much fibrin in the central nervous system has been associated with breakdown of the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerves and allows them to conduct electrical signals properly.

It then conducts any electrical signals from the neuron up through the micropipette, and into a computer via the conductive fluid.

axon The long, tail - like extension of a neuron that conducts electrical signals away from the cell.

These all help the nervous system function by aiding in conducting the electrical signals they carry.

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And it's essential to understand how neurobiological processing conducted by molecules and cells and electrical signaling gets translated into behaviors, from simple bodily movements to complex social interactions.

The scientists conducted 186 trials, presenting the dolphin with a range of electrical signals from low to high.

electrode A device that conducts electricity and is used to make contact with non-metal part of an electrical circuit, or that contacts something through which an electrical signal moves.

Their crisscrossing paths and collective efforts have nonetheless led to a clear - eyed understanding of how neurons — the brain's cellular building blocks — form and function and how ion - conducting channels control the flow of electrical signals through the nervous system.

We have found that AV block (a delay in conducting the heart's electrical signals from top to bottom) is not significant in Irish Wolfhounds.