NERVE IMPULSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerve impulse mean? 

• NERVE IMPULSE (noun)
  The noun NERVE IMPULSE has 1 sense:

1. the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

  Familiarity information: NERVE IMPULSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVE IMPULSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

impulse; nerve impulse; nervous impulse; neural impulse

Context example:

they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus

Hypernyms ("nerve impulse" is a kind of...):

electrical discharge (a discharge of electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve impulse"):

action potential (the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted)

 Context examples 

It allows nerve impulses to quickly move in 'tracts', which send messages between the different parts of the brain.

(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Guanidine hydrochloride enhances the release of acetylcholine following a nerve impulse and potentiates acetylcholine actions on muscarinic and nicotinic receptors.

(Guanidine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene resulting from a read-through of this gene and its downstream neighbor, the SCHIP1 gene, may be associated with the propagation of nerve impulses.

(IQCJ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the generation and conduction of nerve impulses and produces a reversible loss of sensation.

(Lidocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This may interfere with the transmission of nerve impulses from the spinal cord to the muscles and may help relax muscles.

(Orphenadrine, NCI Thesaurus)

The inner ear makes the nerve impulses that are sent to the brain.

(Ear Disorders, NIH)

Nerve impulses that act to inhibit or stop a particular physiological activity or response.

(Inhibitory Nerve Control, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium is a mineral essential for many cellular functions including nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, cardiac function, bone formation, and capillary and cell membrane permeability.

(Calcium Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to a blockage of nerve impulse initiation and conduction and results in a reversible loss of sensation.

(Mepivacaine, NCI Thesaurus)

Lidocaine stabilizes the neuronal cell membrane by binding to and inhibiting voltage-gated sodium channels, thereby inhibiting the initiation and conduction of nerve impulses and producing a reversible loss of sensation.

(Lidocaine Oral Solution, NCI Thesaurus)