hyperpolarize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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The moving otolithic membrane, in turn, bends the sterocilia, causing some hair cells to depolarize as others hyperpolarize.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The opposing signals to the heart would both depolarize and hyperpolarize the heart cells that establish the rhythm of the heartbeat, likely causing arrhythmia.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Some bitter molecules depolarize gustatory cells, whereas others hyperpolarize gustatory cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
If ACh is released onto those cells, it binds to a muscarinic receptor that causes the cells to hyperpolarize so that they cannot reach threshold as easily, and the heart rate slows.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
"UDP is funded by Democratic and Republican donors who have set aside their partisan preferences in a hyperpolarized political environment to support a better U.S-Israel relationship," Dorton said.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
Eventually the extra K+ ions diffuse out of the cell through the potassium leakage channels, bringing the cell from its hyperpolarized state, back to its resting membrane potential.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Our hope is to show that bipartisanship and vigorous debate can coexist—and that civility is still possible, even in today’s hyperpolarized world,” said Matt Sandgren, executive director of the Hatch Foundation.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2022
Additionally, the plant’s membranes are hyperpolarized, compared with animal neurons.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022
Will Oremus writes that there might be another culprit and that this study indicates we may not be headed toward a technologically driven, hyperpolarized dystopia just yet.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2017
If depolarization reaches -55 mV, then the action potential continues and runs all the way to +30 mV, at which K+ causes repolarization, including the hyperpolarizing overshoot.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Because that ion is rushing out, any Na+ that tries to enter will not depolarize the cell, but will only keep the cell from hyperpolarizing.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A depolarizing graded potential at a synapse is called an excitatory PSP, and a hyperpolarizing graded potential at a synapse is called an inhibitory PSP.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Potassium continues to leave the cell for a short while and the membrane potential becomes more negative, resulting in the hyperpolarizing overshoot.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The depolarizing or hyperpolarizing effect is also dependent on the receptor.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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