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Draw what an action potential would look like if you inhibited the voltage-gated K+ channels.

Draw what an action potential would look like if you inhibited the voltage-gated K+ channels.

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The above graph depicts what an action potential will look like when the voltage-gated potassium channels are inhibited.

Since voltage-gated K+ channels are normally involved in repolarization, so when these channels are inhibited, repolarization will not happen so quickly. As the resting K+ channels that exist in the membranes of all cells remain open, only repolarization will happen more slowly. This will eventually lead to repolarization of the cell.

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