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The Response to Acetylcholine

When a nerve makes a muscle cell contract, it gives the cell a tiny squirt of acetylcholine. Receptors on the cell respond by opening so that ions can travel through the cell membrane

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 236 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Response to Acetylcholine” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 236 No. 2 (), p. 106
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0277-106