Which statement about the events of photoreception is false?
A) As a rod cell hyperpolarizes, its release of neurotransmitter increases.
B) In the dark, most of the sodium channels of a rod cell are open.
C) cGMP keeps the sodium channels open.
D) Activated phosphodiesterase (PDE) catalyzes the reaction hydrolyzing cGMP into GMP.
E) The sodium channels of a rod cell close in proportion to the intensity of light received.
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