Opening All of the Sodium Channels, with All Other Ion

question 48

Multiple Choice

Opening all of the sodium channels, with all other ion channels closed-which is an admittedly artificial setting-on an otherwise typical neuron should move its membrane potential to

• A) -90 mV.
• B) -70 mV.
• C) 0 mV.
• D) +30 mV.
• E) +62 mV.

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