Jill is a 9-year-old female that comes to your office with c…

Jill is a 9-year-old female that comes to your office with concerns of skin picking. She has been picking at her skin for about a year and now she has open sores. She is not taking any medications, and she feels the urge that she has to do the picking and this been stressful for her and her family. You let the family know you are diagnosing her with: 

A drug that blocks ATP production is introduced into an isol…

A drug that blocks ATP production is introduced into an isolated axon preparation. The axon is then repeatedly stimulated, and recordings are made of the axon’s response. Would you expect the axon in this situation to fire more or fewer action potentials?  Why?