A Researcher Uses the Chemical Inhibitor Cyanide to Reduce ATP

Multiple Choice

A researcher uses the chemical inhibitor cyanide to reduce ATP production in a neuron. What would be one effect of preventing ATP production?

A) The sodium and potassium channels would all be closed.
B) The membrane would become more permeable to sodium.
C) The "resting" distribution of potassium and sodium ions would be altered.
D) The physical structure of the plasma membrane would break down.