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5 years ago
I would like to know on how temperature effect on nerve impulse, if temperature increases, would it be more easy to trigger nerve impulses?

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Thanks in advance for any suggestions
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5 years ago
HI there

There's a relationship between temperature and nerve impulse.

Lower temperature cause slower nerve conduction velocities, and increased amplitudes of muscle and nerve potentials.

Cold temperatures cause slowing of sodium channel opening and also delays its inactivation which probably
accounts for the slowing of nerve conduction and the increase in amplitude. With decrease in
temperature there is consequent reduction in the sodium permeability of nerve axons during the excitation, resulting in a slower sodium influx and an increased latency (slow neural conduction). Decrease in temperature also increases the resistance to conduction of impulses which increase the latencies and decreases the conduction velocity.

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Thank you very much for suggestions (^v^)
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