Depolarization vs. Repolarization

Depolarizationnoun

The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarizationnoun

The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarizationnoun

a loss of polarity or polarization

Depolarization

In biology, depolarization (British English: Depolarisation) is a change within a cell, during which the cell undergoes a shift in electric charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell. Depolarization is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.

Repolarizationnoun

The act of repolarizing.

Repolarization

In neuroscience, repolarization refers to the change in membrane potential that returns it to a negative value just after the depolarization phase of an action potential which has changed the membrane potential to a positive value. The repolarization phase usually returns the membrane potential back to the resting membrane potential.