repolarizes
Repolarizes is the present tense form of repolarize, a term used in physiology to describe the return of an excitable cell’s resting membrane potential after depolarization during an action potential. In neurons and cardiac and smooth muscle cells, the resting potential is typically negative with respect to the outside of the cell, and repolarization returns the membrane to that negative baseline.
In neurons, repolarization occurs mainly through the opening of voltage-gated potassium channels that allow K+ to
In cardiac muscle cells, repolarization is a key part of the cardiac action potential and is largely
Clinically, disrupted repolarization can lead to abnormal heart rhythms and is a common target of drugs and