Sentences with phrase «electrical impulses quickly»

These are microscopic gates that allow neighboring cells to exchange ions, molecules and electrical impulses quickly and directly.

Not exact matches

I mean, I don't know about you, but I'd rather die relatively quickly (~ 2h, max, for the majority of fatal bullet wounds) or lose a limb than die because I'm coughing so hard my lungs shred themselves (mustard gas) or because my muscles, constantly triggered by uncontrollable electrical impulses, use up all the oxygen before my brain can (VX).

Optogenetic technologies targeting neurons rely on the electrical impulses these cells use to quickly transmit messages.

Regardless of the machine, the devices work by sending tiny electrical impulses through the body and measuring how quickly those impulses return.