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Photoreceptors and bipolar cells are hyperpolarized, whereas other sensory receptors typically become depolarized.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
As a result, the hair cell membrane is depolarized, and a signal is transmitted to the chochlear nerve.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
By 1993, she had been sufficiently depolarized to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018
When acetylcholine binds to the nicotinic receptor, the postsynaptic cell is depolarized.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Mrs. Frobisher touched the control button that depolarized the window in the breakfast room, letting the morning sun stream in.
From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall
