If a demyelinating disease slows action potential propagation in a motor neuron, which consequence follows for muscle contraction?

💡 Explanation

Because myelin sheaths insulate axons, action potentials propagate faster via saltatory conduction. Slowed propagation delays the signal reaching the neuromuscular junction, therefore muscle activation speed decreases, rather than force increasing because the action potential frequency is unaffected.

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