Sentences with phrase «electric pulses causes»
Stimulating excitatory cells with chemicals or electric pulses causes them to fire, or send electrical signals of their own to neighboring neurons.
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Geomagnetic storms caused by violent solar flares can overload transformers and cause electric grids to fail; so can electromagnetic pulses, triggered by nuclear detonations miles above the ground.
Electromagnetic coils are positioned near a patient's skull to deliver brief pulses of magnetic fields; these induce electric currents inside the head, which cause neurons to fire in brain regions associated with mood.