# transduction

> the conversion of a stimulus sensed by a receptor cell into an electrical impulse, which is then transmitted by the nervous system – it is the absorption of energy from a stimulus and the conversion of that energy into electrical energy

**Wikidata**: [Q718434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718434)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transduction_(physiology))  
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