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can someone give me a brief summary of what calcium and chloride does in neurons and their synapses? I understand Na and K stuff, as well as action potentials just fine.
can someone give me a brief summary of what calcium and chloride does in neurons and their synapses? I understand Na and K stuff, as well as action potentials just fine.
I don't think you need to know chloride for the MCAT - the purpose is a bit more nuanced. It kind of serves as an electrochemical gradient buffer.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. By the Na/K ATPase and the active transport of calcium out of the cytosol