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describe what is nerve impulse?
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Dr. William Singer answered
51 years experience Pediatric Neurology
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.
Answered on Apr 20, 2014
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