Conclusion

The resting membrane potential is really a potential difference between

the inside of the cell (intracellular) and outside of the cell (extracellular)
across the membrane to keep condition in a steady-state.
The resting membran potential depends on the concentration of potassium
and sodium, Na+ and K+ concentration, and the ion conductances (ion
channels)
The receiving end of a sensory neuron, the sensory receptor, has receptor
protein that can generate a signal called the recepor potential when the
sensory neuron is stimulated by an appropriate, adequate stimulus such
as heat, chemicals (odor), light, and pressure.
The general process that produces the change of energy in the stimulus
(for example heat, chemical, pressure or light) into an electrical response
that involves the opening or closing of membrane ion channels is called
sensory transduction
The receptor potential can trigger another electrical signal called action
potential. The action potential ussualy occurs along the membrane of
sensory neurons axon to the brain include threshold, voltage-gated Na+
channels, absolute and relative refractory periods, the conduction of
velocity, coding for stimulus intensity or putting it all together.
The action potential causes the release of chemical neurotransmitter onto
neurons in the region of the brain. These chemical neurotransmitter bind
to recepor proteins on the membrane of these brain interneurons. The cell
body and dendrites of interneurons receive stimulation by
neurotransmitters at structures called chemical synapses and produce
synaptic potentials.