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D2AR0N

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What would you expect the impact to be on an organism treated with a drug that blocks neuronal sodium channels?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Contrast local potentials versus action potentials.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Rapid death owing to the cessation of action potentials.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Local potentials are graded in size, degrade with distance and can summate to produce an action potential. Action potentials are fixed in size, do not degrade and cannot summate.


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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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