You Treat an Organism with a Drug That Inhibits Calcium

question 11

Multiple Choice

You treat an organism with a drug that inhibits calcium permeability in nerve cells specifically. As a result, you expect to see

• A)no depolarization of membranes.
• B)failure to achieve the threshold necessary to stimulate a signal.
• C)no repolarization of membranes.
• D)no postsynaptic receptors.
• E)presynaptic neurotransmitter release.

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