Sentences with phrase «electrical impulses through»

The nervous system can make very quick changes in a fraction of a second by sending electrical impulses through the spinal cord to the muscles, or it can make slow changes by sending chemical messengers, called hormones, into the blood to reach the tissues and the organs.

This vayu dictates the blood flow and the electrical impulses through our nervous system and the movement of fluid through the lymphatic system.

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

Neurons conduct information by way of electrical impulses through our body.

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Instead evidence suggests that during sleep, neurons are controlled by electrical impulses that ripple through the brain like waves.

They form a complex network connecting various centres in the brain through electrical impulses.

Action potentials, also known as nerve impulses, are electrical messages sent from our brains to other organs and muscles; for instance, nerves in the brain transmit action potentials through neural networks to direct our arm muscles to contract in order to call into action our hands to lift or hold an item, a primary research focus at the Columbia Motor Neuron Center, to which both the Zhang and Wichterle labs are affiliated.

The amplifier translates electrical impulses of the brain into flashes of light that shine through the scalp, where they are picked up by a tiny magnetically attached receiver.

These nerve cells, known as retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), use electrical impulses to send visual information — entering the eye through the optic nerve — to the brain where images are perceived.

http://youtu.be/Q2dxSbjgbugAn electrical impulse propagating erratically through a highly fibrotic artificial tissue is made visible with a voltage - sensitive dye.

The electrical impulses are delivered through electrodes placed on the scalp.

Only a fraction of the electrical impulses are able to travel across the AV node and down through the heart's normal conduction system (the «wiring») to make the ventricles contract.

During NMES, an electrical impulse is delivered through electrode pads that are placed on the skin over the targeted muscle (s).

From the AV node, the electrical impulse then travels through a common bundle of specialized fibers that then divides into branches to the left and right ventricles and then further branch into many tiny fibers embedded between the muscle cells.

This medical test determines if a dog's neurological pathway is intact through use of electrical impulses generated by the ear upon receiving sound waves.

Chronic Pain — MSM, by stimulating the activity of cortisol (a natural anti-inflammatory hormone dogs produce), blocks the transfer of electrical pain impulses through the nerve fibers.

They're complex neurochemical cascades, in which hormones race through the body and brain and electrical impulses fly over familiar neural synapses, shaping what we feel, do, and think.