A local potential

A. does not occur until threshold.
B. transmits information from one cell to another.
C. might be a depolarization event but cannot be a hyperpolarization event.
D. increases or decreases in direct proportion to the stimulus strength.
E. does not alter resting membrane potential.


D

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