neuron firing
Brain cell signaling
Neuron firing is the electrical discharge that occurs when a nerve cell activates, sending a signal along its length to communicate with other neurons.
The process involves a rapid change in electrical charge across the cell membrane.
In casual use, the phrase often appears in discussions of thinking or brain activity: I could feel my neurons firing as I worked through the puzzle.
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- impulseSudden urge to act
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- electricalInvolving conducted current
dendrite · nerve cell · signal · brain · brain activity · fight or flight · action potential · electrical impulse · threshold · all or nothing · voltage · spike · discharge · rapid fire · transmit · chemical messenger · pulse · flash
- neuroscienceMRI, brain, synapses, dendrite, neurotransmitters
- brain activitybrain waves, brainwave, brain signal, alpha waves, beta waves
- Brain MeasuresEEG, fMRI, MRI images, brain scan, brain scans
- Neurophysiologyaction potential, neurotransmitter, nerve impulse, presynaptic, depolarization
- bioelectricityaction potential, depolarization, repolarization, hyperpolarization, axon
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