Abstract
Upon rapid release from the nerve terminal at a 0.1-1mM concentration, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) diffuses through the synaptic cleft separating motoneuron and skeletal muscle, and causes the all-or-none opening of ionic channels from the post-synaptic membrane. Ion flux through these channels selective for sodium, potassium and other small cations (Adams et al. 1980), leads to the depolarization of the post-synaptic cell, and then to muscle contraction.KeywordsAcetylcholine ReceptorNicotinic ReceptorNicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorElectric OrganHigh Affinity SiteThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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