What is Resting potential?
The '''resting potential''' of a cell is the [[membrane potential]] that would be maintained if there were no [[action potential]]s, [[Inhibitory Post-Synaptic Current|synaptic potential]]s, or other active changes in the membrane potential. In most cells the resting potential has a negative value, which by convention means that there is excess negative charge inside compared to outside. The resting potential is mostly determined by the concentrations of the [[ion]]s in the fluids on both sides of the [[cell membrane]] and the [[membrane transport|ion transport]] [[protein]]s that are in the cell membrane. How the concentrations of ions and the membrane transport proteins influence the value of the resting potential is outlined below. == Other websites == *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=neurosci.TOC&depth=2 Neuroscience] - online textbook by Purves, ''et al.'' * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=bnchm.TOC&depth=2 Basic Neurochemistry] Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Aspects by Siegel, ''et al.'' * Bertil Hille ''Ion channels of excitable membranes'', 3rd ed., Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA (2001). {{ISBN|0-87893-321-2}} * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15545342 Generation of resting membrane potential] Wright, S.H., ''Advances in Physiology Education'', '''28'''(1-4): 139-142, 2004, [[Category:Biochemistry]]