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Membrane potential (also transmembrane potential or membrane voltage) is the difference in electric potential between the interior and the exterior of a biological cell.
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| neurons | instance of | in electrically excitable cells | 0.80 | text |
| muscle cells | instance of | in electrically excitable cells | 0.80 | text |
| it is used for transmitting signals between different parts of a cell.Signals in neurons | instance of | in electrically excitable cells | 0.80 | text |
| muscle cellsSignals are generated in excitable cells by opening or closing of ion channels at one point in the membrane | instance of | in electrically excitable cells | 0.80 | text |
| producing a local change in the membrane potential | instance of | in electrically excitable cells | 0.80 | text |
| action potentials | instance of | including oscillations and regenerative events | 0.80 | text |
| a battery is placed in an electrical circuit | instance of | If a voltage source | 0.80 | text |
| the higher the voltage of the source the greater the amount of current that it will drive across the available resistance | instance of | If a voltage source | 0.80 | text |
| ouabain | instance of | or by adding an inhibitor | 0.80 | text |
| the axon can still fire hundreds of thousands of action potentials before their amplitudes begin to decay significantly | instance of | or by adding an inhibitor | 0.80 | text |
| sugar | instance of | they use this potential in turn to transport other ions and metabolites | 0.80 | text |
| diabetes | instance of | which happens in an egg when it is fertilized by a sperm.Changes in the dielectric properties of plasma membrane may act as hallmark of underlying conditions | 0.80 | text |
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