membrane depolarization

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membrane
noun[C or U]
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/ˈmem.breɪn/
anatomy
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These hemichannels, which do not compromise the viability of the cells, mediate a slowly activating conductance that could be observed uponmembranedepolarization.
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The pairing of trophic factors andmembranedepolarizationmay be an important mechanism for selection and survival of excitable neurons that have formed viable synapses.
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These studies showed thatmembranedepolarizationand small-to-moderate membrane fluctuations might facilitate the responsiveness to synaptic inputs, especially those of low amplitude.
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In both isolated cells and cells in retinal slices, themembranedepolarizationevoked by current injection was apparently capped.
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Strong and sustained levels ofmembranedepolarizationalso elicited a train of action potentials that showed spike frequency accommodation.
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Cells also displayed a strong outward rectification in response tomembranedepolarization.
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Membranedepolarizationby alkalinization often induces a spontaneous action potential.
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Up to this point, most research agrees thatmembranedepolarizationis caused by inhibition of potassium channels that otherwise maintain the resting potential.
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Themembranedepolarization, in turn, leads to a sodium-dependent action potential at that location.
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These channels are highly permeable to calcium and are responsible formembranedepolarizationand increased action potential discharge.
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These inhibited processes can range frommembranedepolarizationmechanisms to inter-neuron communication.
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Formation of pore complex will causemembranedepolarizationand cell lysis.
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While it is not an antidote, themembranedepolarizationcan be prevented or reversed by either tetrodotoxin (from puffer fish), which is a noncompetitive inhibitor, or saxitoxin (red tide).
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