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Repolarization typically results from the movement of positively charged K + ions out of the cell. The repolarization phase of an action potential initially results in hyperpolarization, attainment of a membrane potential, termed the afterhyperpolarization, that is more negative than the resting potential. Repolarization usually takes several ...
Shape of a typical action potential. The membrane potential remains near a baseline level until at some point in time, it abruptly spikes upward and then rapidly falls. Nearly all cell membranes in animals, plants and fungi maintain a voltage difference between the exterior and interior of the cell, called the membrane potential. A typical ...
repolarization of the heart toward the positive electrode produces a negative deflection; repolarization of the heart away from the positive electrode produces a positive deflection; Thus, the overall direction of depolarization and repolarization produces positive or negative deflection on each lead's trace.
The process of repolarization causes an overshoot in the potential of the cell. Potassium ions continue to move out of the axon so much that the resting potential is exceeded and the new cell potential becomes more negative than the resting potential. The resting potential is ultimately re-established by the closing of all voltage-gated ion ...
The resting membrane potential results from the flux of ions having flowed into the cell (e.g. sodium and calcium), the flux of ions having flowed out of the cell (e.g. potassium, chloride and bicarbonate), as well as the flux of ions generated by the different membrane pumps, being perfectly balanced. The activity of these pumps serve two ...
In semiconductor physics, the depletion region, also called depletion layer, depletion zone, junction region, space charge region, or space charge layer, is an insulating region within a conductive, doped semiconductor material where the mobile charge carriers have diffused away, or been forced away by an electric field. The only elements left ...
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This phase is the repolarization phase. This occurs due to the inactivation of L-type calcium channels (preventing the movement of Ca 2+ into the cell) and the activation of potassium channels, which allows the flow of K + out of the cell, making the membrane potential more negative.