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by xprofessor on September 16th, 2008
I'm not sure it's a coherent question.
Turning physical motion into electrical signals is called TRANSDUCTION, whether it's movement of hair cells on your skin, sound vibrations in the inner ear, etc.
By a different process one nerve can trigger many others to fire. (Scientific name?...? Neural amplification? Stimulus & response?)
Neurons are interconnected by synapses. An incoming action potential from one neuron can cause other neurons to fire, depending on how the neurons are connected through synapses. A whole chain of events takes place to get one neuron to trigger another at a synapse. Neurotransmitters are one important link in that chain, but confined to an extremely microscopic space between the membranes of each pair of neurons at the synapse.
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Thanks! Transduction was the one I was trying to figure out.
by David Wallace on September 16th, 2008
Transduction is a general term even for non-living systems. Microphones and strain gauges are examples of transducers, too.
by xprofessor on September 17th, 2008