A Physiologist Found During Conducting a Research Experiment That Glutamate

A physiologist found during conducting a research experiment that glutamate depolarize and triggers cell death. he repeat this experiment by increasing magnesium concentration in the extracellular fluid and found that neuron depolarization and cell death due to glutamate are both decreased which of the following in ion electrolytes demonstrate decrease in cell death in response to magnesium?

A) Decreased influx of calcium and sodium
B) Decreased influx of chloride and bicarbonate
C) Increased influx of calcium and sodium
D) Increased influx of chloride and bicarbonate
E) Increased influx of magnesium

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