... becomes desensitized to any agonist action. This mechanism differs from the action of non depolarising blockers greatly. They have their effect by competing with acetylcholine for receptor sites. They are antagonists, so they have no effect on the receptor other that to deprive the active site to an agonist. The experiment is to see if there is a difference in the results ... ...

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