polarize
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Figure 26.12 The action potential is conducted down the axon as the axon membrane depolarizes, then repolarizes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Action potentials are considered an "all-or nothing" event, in that, once the threshold potential is reached, the neuron always completely depolarizes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A nerve impulse opens the Ca+2 channel, which makes Ca+2 enter the cell and depolarizes the membrane.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
If one cell is depolarized in an electrical synapse, the joined cell also depolarizes because the ions pass between the cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
If you have a crystal that depolarizes light, you can determine the location of the rings around the hidden sun.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 2, 2011
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