The resting potential of a neuron refers to

A) a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon.
B) the storage of neurotransmitter molecules within synaptic vesicles.
C) the electrical polarization of the inside and outside of the neural membrane.
D) a capacity to reabsorb neurotransmitter molecules released into the synaptic gap.

Resting Potential

The difference in electric charge between the inside and outside of a resting neuron, providing the cell with the potential to generate an action potential.

Neural Membrane

The lipid bilayer that encloses the cytoplasm of a neuron, maintaining the electrical potential used in signal transmission.

Electrical Polarization

The phenomenon where in a material, or in the particles of the material, there is a separation of charge leading to one part becoming more positively charged and another part more negatively charged.