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The neurons in michael's arm just sent a neural impulse. it will be 1–2 milliseconds before another neural impulse can be generated. this brief time period, when another neural impulse cannot occur, is called the​

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The time period when another neural impulse cannot occur immediately after one has been sent in a neuron is known as the refractory period.

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The brief time period after a neural impulse has been sent, during which another neural impulse cannot be generated, is called the refractory period. This period ensures that each action potential is a separate, all-or-none event and allows the neuron to reset before the next action potential. There are two phases within the refractory period: the absolute refractory period, during which no new action potential can be initiated, and the relative refractory period, during which a new action impulse can be started but only with a stronger stimulus.

The brief time period after a neural impulse when another neural impulse cannot be generated is called the refractory period.

During the refractory period, the cell membrane of a neuron is unable to generate another action potential. This period allows the voltage-sensitive ion channels to return to their resting configurations.

After this refractory period, a new action potential could be started, but only by a stronger stimulus than the one that initiated the previous action potential.

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absolute refractory period -

the period immediately following the firing of a nerve fiber when it cannot be stimulated no matter how great a stimulus is administered
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