Principles of Human Physiology (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134169804
Author: Cindy L. Stanfield
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 7.2.3QC
If channels that permitted both sodium ions and potassium ions to move through them suddenly opened in the plasma membrane, in which direction would each ion move—into or out Of the neuron? Which ion would move more? Why? What change in membrane potential would occur?
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