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Define nerve impulse. What is threshold stimulus for a nerve cell?

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Nerve impulse is a sum total of physical and chemical disturbances generated by a stimulus in a neurone. This results in propagation of wave of physiological activity along nerve fibre.
The minimum strength of stimulus which must be applied to the nerve fibre to stimulate it effectively.
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