Definition that contains nerve impulse
- huxley English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
- tetanus a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
- neurotransmitter a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse
- neuron a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
- hodgkin English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
- muscle relaxant a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions
- neurohormone a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
- antidromic conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- andrew fielding huxley English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
- nerve cell a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses