nervous impulse

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nervous impulse - the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

nerve impulse, neural impulse, impulse

electrical discharge - a discharge of electricity

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

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