1. Why insulation is needed if the impulses that neurons transmit are electrical?
2. Why does hypoglycemia can cause impaired cognitive function?
Answers
Answered by
1
Hy I will help you..✌️✌️
1. Electrical conduction lets nerve impulses travel rapidly within a neuron.
It involves a brief electrical fluctuation that propagates down the neuron’s dendrites, then through its cell body and out to the tip of its axon.
Electrical conduction is what gives the nervous system the rapid-response capability that is lacking in the body’s other major means of communication, the hormonal system.
2. The human brain depends on glucose as its energy source; acute hypoglycemia results in neuroglycopenia with subsequent cognitive impairment.
Similar questions