If blood pressure was to drop, how is the signal transmitted to the central nervous system?   a) The baroreceptors decrease the generation of action potentials below their normal level.   b) The glassopharyngeal nerve increases the transmission of action potentials, while the vagus nerve does not.   c) The baroreceptors increases the generation of action potentials past their normal level.   d) The glassopharyngeal nerve decreases the transmission of action potentials, while the vagus nerve does not

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