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You encountered the poison dart frog in the field, accidentally touched it, rubbed your eye and now the toxin has absorbed into your system. Below is a typical action potential under normal conditions. Match the effect (increase, decrease, not change) you would expect the toxin to have on the amplitude, duration, and threshold of the action potential. (3 points)

Without toxin 0mV

MATCHING OPTIONS:

decrease

increase

not change

a) amplitude of action potential:

b) duration of action potential:

c) threshold of action potential:

Explanation / Answer

a) amplitude of action potential: increase

b) duration of action potential: increase

c) threshold of action potential: decrease

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