If the chemically gated sodium channels in the postsynaptic membrane were completely blocked,
A) synaptic transmission would fail.
B) smaller action potentials would result.
C) release of neurotransmitter would stop.
D) both A and B
E) A, B, and C

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Blocking chemically gated sodium channels would prevent sodium ions from entering the postsynaptic neuron, inhibiting depolarization and thus causing synaptic transmission to fail.

If the Chemically Gated Sodium Channels in the Postsynaptic Membrane