Editing Action potential (section)

===<!--"Afterhyperpolarization" is a single word; please do not divide it into two words!-->Afterhyperpolarization===
The depolarized voltage opens additional voltage-dependent potassium channels, and some of these do not close right away when the membrane returns to its normal resting voltage. In addition, [[SK channel|further potassium channels]] open in response to the influx of calcium ions during the action potential. The intracellular concentration of potassium ions is transiently unusually low, making the membrane voltage ''V<sub>m</sub>'' even closer to the potassium equilibrium voltage ''E''<sub>K</sub>. The membrane potential goes below the resting membrane potential. Hence, there is an undershoot or [[hyperpolarization (biology)|hyperpolarization]], termed an [[afterhyperpolarization]], that persists until the membrane potassium permeability returns to its usual value, restoring the membrane potential to the resting state.{{sfn|Purves|Augustine|Fitzpatrick|Hall|2008|p=37}}{{sfn|Bullock|Orkand|Grinnell|1977|p=152}}