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If a drug partly blocks a membrane’s potassium channels, how does it affect the action potential?
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If a drug partly blocks a membrane’s potassium channels, how does it affect the action potential?

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it would slow down (delays) repolarization, which would lead to an increase in action potential duration and an increase in the effective refractory period (ERP).
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