They help with nerve impulse transmission so you have a better nervous system.
From the dailynews.com
Axons are the telephone lines of the nervous system, carrying a nerve impulse to a target cell.
From the sciencedaily.com
The spasms seemed almost psychologically coordinated, as if a mysterious common impulse had swept through the nervous system of a global generation.
From the time.com
Young children don't have a lot of voluntary nerve impulse control, they are still learning how to deal with their own nervous systems, Crowley said.
From the timesunion.com
A local graded potential begins in the photoreceptor, where it excites the cell enough for the impulse to be passed along through a track of neurons to the central nervous system.