How do neurons conduct electrical impulses ... This is achieved because the sodium channels have a refractory period following activation, during which they cannot open again. This ensures that the ...

The specific balance that biological neurons are designed to accommodate is called the refraction ratio: it's the ratio between the refractory period of a neuron--when the neuron is unable to ...

“This relative refractory period has never been seen before in optical systems,” says Barbay. “Its observation is interesting since it enforces the analogy with biological neurons and because it shows ...