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
Very quickly, the membrane repolarizes, so that it can again be depolarized.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The depolarization causes the membrane to again become impermeable to Na+ , and the movement of K+ quickly returns the cell to its resting potential, or repolarizes it.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Muscle contraction usually stops when signaling from the motor neuron ends, which repolarizes the sarcolemma and T- tubules, and closes the voltage-gated calcium channels in the SR.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
As the membrane potential repolarizes and the voltage passes -50 mV again, the channel closes—again, with a little delay.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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