If You Applied a Toxin That Blocked Non-Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels

question 20

Multiple Choice

If you applied a toxin that blocked non-voltage-gated potassium channels (i.e. ,the potassium "leak channels") in a resting neuron,it would cause the membrane potential to be

• A)less negative.
• B)more negative.
• C)No change would be observed.

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