resting potential: the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
electric potential: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
fugue: dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state