The Electric Nature of Neurons
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Your body is electric. Your nerve cells, called neurons, literally use electrical signals to communicate.
This signal, the action potential, is an all-or-nothing deal. It’s like a light
switch—it either fires at full strength or not at all. There’s no dimmer. This electrical
zap shoots down a long fiber called an axon. When it reaches the end,
it doesn't just jump to the next cell. Instead, it triggers the
release of tiny chemicals called neurotransmitters. These chemicals cross a microscopic
gap and tell the next neuron to fire its own electrical signal. It's a lightning-fast
chain reaction of electricity and chemicals that creates every thought, feeling,
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