Dictionary of Biological Psychology
(Cl−) Chlorides are chlorine compounds and are essential for normal neural functioning (see for example ACTION POTENTIAL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL). Chlorine is important in ELECTROLYTE balance in the NERVOUS SYSTEM and elsewhere in the body—it accounts for two-thirds of all negatively charged ions in the BLOOD for example.
See also: ion; periodic table of the elements
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