An action potential has just sped down one of your motor neurons to jerk your hand off the hot stove. Before an action potential will speed through this neuron again, the membrane of the neuron must become repolarized. The time between the action potentials is called the __________ period.
A. refractory
B. polarization
C. self-propagating
D. repolarization
Answer: A
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