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When K+ Ions Diffuse Out of a Resting Neuron Through

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When K+ ions diffuse out of a resting neuron through open potassium leak channels and leave behind unbalanced negative charges that create a negative membrane potential, that pulls K+ back into the neuron.The membrane potential at which the diffusion of K+ out of the cell is balanced by the pull of K+ into the cell is called the potassium


A) Nernst equilibrium.
B) ion potential.
C) electrochemical gradient.
D) equilibrium potential.
E) leak current (through leak channel) .

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