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Published February 1977 | public
Journal Article

The response to acetylcholine

Abstract

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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© 1977 Scientific American.

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