When enough ions have flowed into the nerve cell, an electrical impulse is released and
transmitted along the nerve.
Messages are
transmitted along nerves in the form of electric impulses.
Not exact matches
Nerve cells communicate by means of electrical impulses, which are
transmitted along neural processes known as axons.
These electrodes pulse to stimulate cells in the retina,
transmitting visual information
along the optic
nerve to the brain, creating the perception of patterns of light.
When chemical phosphate groups are added to the receptors, they move from the cytoplasm and cluster on the edges of
nerve cells
along synapses — the spaces between
nerve cells where messages
transmit from one cell to another.
A healthy optic
nerve has axons
transmitting information from the eye to the brain
along the
nerve after considerable information processing and synaptic transmission between various cell types within the retina.
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.
The cochlea
transmits sound information through these
nerves to the spiral ganglion, which then passes
along those messages to the brain.
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).