Sentences with phrase «on electrical impulses»

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

Steven Hawking likens the brain to computer, which in the strictest sense of the word is true, because like a computer it runs on electrical impulses.

Steven Hawking likens the brain to a computer, which in the strictest sense of the word is true, because like a computer it runs on electrical impulses and makes calculations 24/7.

Not exact matches

In need of fresh ideas, the drugmaker is banking on implantable devices capable of altering electrical impulses in the body

Electrical impulses have been occurring in the human brain for as long as human beings have been on the scene.

The satellite, which swoops on an egg - shaped orbit to within 350 kilometers of Earth's surface, detected electrical impulses from electrons coursing upward within charged sheets that shadow the downward flowing auroral electrons.

Meanwhile, in a separate room, grad student Chris Larson watches the woman on a video screen and records the shifting pattern of electrical impulses in her brain.

Specifically, the research sheds light on the role of RPM - 1 in the development of axons or nerve fibers — the elongated projections of nerve cells that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron via synapses.

A temporary bioelectronic device implanted on the lower spinal cord will transmit electrical impulses, mimicking brain signals, from below the spinal injury to the legs.

Specialised cells that could carry messages using electrical impulses and chemical signals — the first nerve cells — arose very early on.

The researchers performed a «heart block» on 13 pigs by disabling the nerve bundle that conducts electrical impulses between the atria and ventricles.

The researchers were surprised to find that the removal of Onecut1 also had an impact on photoreceptor cells, the rods and cones that absorb light in the retina and convert that energy to an electrical impulse eventually conveyed to the brain.

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

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

Ionic minerals are an essential part in this process, as the body relies on them to conduct and generate electrical impulses.

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.

This electrical impulse can be recorded on an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).

Every moment of every day your dog relies on ionic minerals and trace minerals to generate billions of tiny electrical impulses.

An electrical impulse is transmitted by the handler remotely, at varying degrees of intensity, from varying distances depending on range frequency.

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

Microsoft have just patented some new tech which see's you placing sensor nodes on your body, these nodes can then be activated by electrical muscle impulses such as clenching your hand.

A Post-Minimalist synthesis of nature and technology, Fujieda's piece was created by measuring the electrical impulses on the leaves of plants and converting the data into sound with a visual programming language.