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Can someone please explain this. With intracellular K concentration held constant, increasing extracellular will increase (make more positive) the membrane potential, depolarizing it.
This doesn't make sense to me. Intuitively, I would expect that increasing extracellular K+ would make the intercellular even more negative with reference to the extracelluar.
I can understand that increasing extracellular K+ with freely permable K+ can increase intracellar K --> deplarization, but the question specifically said the intracellular K was held constant. Thanks
This doesn't make sense to me. Intuitively, I would expect that increasing extracellular K+ would make the intercellular even more negative with reference to the extracelluar.
I can understand that increasing extracellular K+ with freely permable K+ can increase intracellar K --> deplarization, but the question specifically said the intracellular K was held constant. Thanks