Sentences with phrase «small electrical pulses»

Then as now, the primary function of a radio was to convert radio waves into small electrical pulses which, when amplified, could be converted into recognizable sound.

They observed the brain signal in mice just before they indulged in high - calorie food pellets and found that delivering a small electrical pulse directly to the nucleus accumbens, the brain's reward center, prevented the mice from eating the fatty food.

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It uses a small device that generates low - voltage electrical pulses to stimulate nerves, and thus provides targeted pain relief without opiates or surgical intervention.

A team at the University of Leeds used a standard TENS machine like those designed to relieve labour pains to apply electrical pulses to the tragus, the small raised flap at the front of the ear immediately in front of the ear canal.