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Describe what is nerve impulse?
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Dr. William Singeranswered
Pediatric Neurology 52 years experience
Electrical transmiss: Information travels down a nerve as an electrical impulse. At the end of the nerve, the connection with nerves, muscles or glands is called a synapse, by chemicals called transmitters.
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