Card 18 / 30: The resting conductance of an ordinary neuron is due to a K+ channel that is always open at the resting potential. If you double the extracellular K+ concentration, from 5 to 10 mM, what happens to the membrane time constant?
A) nearly doubles
B) increases slightly
C) no effect on time constant
D) decreases slightly
E) nearly halves

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