Sentences with phrase «firing electrical impulses»

El Guerrouj is alive with a kind of music when he runs, as if his contracting muscles were firing electrical impulses to his brain.

When looking at a face, brain cells in the amygdala fire electrical impulses or «spikes» in response.

When the neurons are sufficiently tickled by inputs, they fire electrical impulses called spikes.

When stimulated, the channels open and sodium rushes in changing the chemical gradient (middle, below), which in turn causes nearby channels to open and so on; if the neuron reaches a certain threshold of open channels, it fires an electrical impulse.

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It's get's a bit less clear when you start to speak of «hope» for some future eternal resting place for the electrical impulses being fired in our brains that you like to call a «soul».

«We could stimulate a neuron to fire and control the rate of propagation of the electrical impulse.»

Neurons are somewhat like tiny batteries, needing to be charged in order to fire off an electrical impulse known as a «spike.»

If the current reaches a certain level, the neuron turns on, firing off an electrical impulse.

This electrical current stimulates the brain cells (neurons) in a targeted brain area and causes them to fire (or send an electrical impulse).

Traditionally, it was thought that the there were three main factors that derived from CNS activity that subsequently affected EMG amplitude: the motor unit recruitment extent, the motor unit firing frequency, and the synchronisation of these electrical impulses (with greater synchronisation perhaps implying greater neural drive from the CNS)(see review by Behm, 1995).

Since these electrical impulses are generated in the neurons and are sent straight to target organs, the abnormal, uncontrollable, and uncoordinated firing of nerve impulses can be readily seen in the said organs.

Gunnar Davis is a heavy weapons specialist with an assault rifle as a primary weapon and a pistol for a secondary weapon, while his special abilities include Shockwave which sends a powerful electrical impulse that knocks down enemies; Stasis projects a stasis field that stops time for enemies albeit while simultaneously protecting them from incoming fire, but could still be useful to strategically change position, finding cover or running past a large group of enemies; Barrier creates a protective energy bubble that prevents damage from being received by Gunnar; and Storm hits enemies with a lightning strike.