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Prot− negatively charged proteins
K+ potassium ions
Na+ sodium ions
Cl− chloride ions
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The inside of a neuron is negative compared with the outside. Open a sodium channel and the inside becomes a little less negative, right where the channel opened. Small, local changes like this one are the beginning of every signal a neuron sends.
