Multiple Choice
Hodgkin and Huxley found that the delayed potassium conductance could be described mathematically by the product of four exponential equations. This suggests that
A) there are four potassium channels present in the neuron.
B) the opening of potassium channels depends on four independent events.
C) the potassium channel is made up of a single monomeric protein.
D) the potassium current will increase exponentially with membrane potential.
E) the opening of potassium channels is delayed.
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