Question

A neuron's sodium channels are malfunctioning and will no longer open. How would this prevent the cell from changing its polarity, and why?

It could not repolarize because the cell cannot become more positively charged.

It could not repolarize because the cell cannot become more negatively charged.

It could not depolarize because the cell cannot become more positively charged.

It could not depolarize because the cell cannot become more negatively charged.