Tonic receptors

A) are quick to adapt to a particular stimulus intensity.
B) are attune to changes in a parameter, not the extent of that change.
C) slowly decrease the frequency of action potentials generated to a constant stimulus.
D) will always decrease to the point where no action potentials are generated.


C) slowly decrease the frequency of action potentials generated to a constant stimulus.

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