Sentences with phrase «send electric pulses»

But what it will do is astounding nonetheless: send electric pulses that bypass the retina's damaged rods and cones to jump - start cells that are still viable.

Electroacupuncture uses thin needles inserted beneath the skin that are attached to a device that sends electric pulses into the body.

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The signal - sending neuron pumps chemicals into the space, and the signal - receiving neuron takes up some of them, triggering a new electric pulse.

By bringing its tail around toward its head, an electric eel can double the strength of the electric pulse it sends out into the water, allowing it to demobilize larger prey items, the study found.

When the animal sends out an electric pulse, most of the charge comes from its head, which Catania calls the «positive pole.»

The electric barriers send low - voltage, pulsing direct current (DC) through underwater electrodes.

Stimulating excitatory cells with chemicals or electric pulses causes them to fire, or send electrical signals of their own to neighboring neurons.