21. How the concentrations of ions and the membrane transport proteins influence the value of the resting potential is outlined below. 22. The resting potential of a cell can be most thoroughly understood by thinking of it in terms of equilibrium potentials. 23. In this case, the resting potential of this cell would be the same as the equilibrium potential for potassium. 24. Assuming that the resting potential is constant, the recorded potential is a measure of the eye's position. 25. These channels are closed when the membrane potential is near to, or at, the resting potential of the cell. 26. The plateau phase is followed by a fairly rapid return ( 3 ) back to the resting potential ( 4 ). 27. Cells may draw on the energy they store in the resting potential to drive action potentials or other forms of excitation. 28. Transient signaling, or more specifically noise, may shorten the resting potential in order to allow for quicker neural firing. 29. At resting potential , potassium is " supposed " to stay within the cell and remain at low levels outside the cell. 30. In 1951 Marg described and named electrooculogram for a technique of measuring the resting potential of the retina in the human eye.
