Sentences with phrase «signal along the nerves»

Because these light - sensitive cells are in close contact with nerve bundles, they might be the ones responsible for detecting visual cues and sending the signal along the nerves, Sumner - Rooney says.

It's believed that capsaicin short - circuits pain by depleting nerve cells of a chemical called substance P (which helps transmit pain signals along nerve endings to the brain).

This stimulation sends signals along nerves and into the brain.

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Puffing didn't induce varicosities along the lengths of dendrites, the parts of neurons that receive chemical signals from neighboring nerve cells.

Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries signals along and between nerves, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.

Maybe the microbes send signals along the vagus nerve, a kind of information highway that runs from gut to brain.

These signals then travel along the auditory nerve to the brain.

In 1952, Hodgkin and Huxley introduced a model in which nerve signals were described as an electric current along the nerve produced by the flow of ions.

Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries signals along and between nerves, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.

Signals between the gut and the brain may zip along the vagus nerve, a multilane highway that connects the two (SN: 11/28/15, p. 18).

When these photoreceptors detect light, they send a signal to specialized neurons in the retina called retinal ganglion cells, or RGCs, which then transmit visual information to the brain by firing electrical pulses along the optic nerve.

When one wafts into our nostrils, these receptors send nerve signals to sensory way stations called glomeruli, which pass them along to the brain for interpretation — «Oh, a rose!»

The cochlea has the all - important job of transforming mechanical energy in the form of sound waves into electrical signals that run along auditory nerves to the brain.

We simulated how physical changes to the myelin and / or redistribution of channels influenced the signal transmission along the auditory nerve.

When an electrical signal arrives at a nerve terminal and needs to be passed along to the next neuron, neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers, packed in vesicles mediate this process.

They work by targeting your central nervous system, a hub of energy powered by a network of electrical signals that vibrate along our nerves.

When fat in a meal reaches the duodenum (where most of the food you eat is digested and absorbed), hormones enter the circulation and along with nerve signals, stimulate the gallbladder to contract.

Body Vibes work by targeting the Central Nervous System, a hub of energy powered by a network of electrical signals that vibrate along our nerves.

This electrical potential is produced in consequence of electrical signals sent from the brain, along efferent nerves that control motor units (Baylor & Hollingworth, 2011; Smith et al. 2013).

Muscle fibers produce tensile force in this way in response to pulsed electrical signals sent from the central nervous system (CNS) along efferent nerves.

An active vagus nerve signals the intestines to rhythmically contract and move food along in a timely manner.

When the central nervous system sends a signal (called neural drive) down the efferent nerves to the neuromuscular junction, this causes an action potential to propagate along the muscle fiber, leading to depolarization.