a: nerve impulse ~
b: releasing a compressed spring

What:

"The sodium channel opening at the beginning of a nerve impulse is like releasing a compressed spring," Cooper explains. "Without other influences, there is a tendency to keep reverberating, leading to additional, unwanted nerve impulses."


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Date: Aug 23 2015 1:11 PM


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