A Researcher Uses the Chemical Inhibitor Cyanide to Reduce ATP

question 5

Multiple Choice

A researcher uses the chemical inhibitor cyanide to reduce ATP production in a neuron. What would be one effect of preventing ATP production?

• A) The sodium and potassium channels would all be closed.
• B) The membrane would become more permeable to sodium.
• C) Disruption to the normal "resting" distribution of potassium and sodium ions.
• D) A physical breakdown of the plasma membrane would occur.

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