Acetylcholine
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I mean, we don't know the detailed answer, but we know the basic part of the answer, and that is, there is a sequence of neuron firings, and they terminate where the
acetylcholine
is secreted at the axon end-plates of the motor neurons.
It's a thought in my brain, but at the same time, it's busy secreting
acetylcholine
and doing all sorts of other things as it makes its way from the motor cortex down through the nerve fibers in the arm.
Scientists have several theories about what's behind this deterioration, from actual brain shrinkage, the hippocampus loses 5% of its neurons every decade for a total loss of 20% by the time you're 80 years old to the drop in the production of neurotransmitters, like acetylcholine, which is vital to learning and memory.
On one side of the gap, the motor neuron contains a neurotransmitter called
acetylcholine.
In response to a signal from the brain, the motor neuron releases acetylcholine, which triggers pores on the muscle cell membrane to open.
So nicotine, which is in e-cigarettes, for example, binds to a receptor called the nicotinic
acetylcholine
receptor, which plays a key role in the functioning of almost all organ systems in the human body.
And we now know that the activity of neuronal circuits is strongly influenced by neuromodulators (such as dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine), which are secreted by a small group of neurons and diffuse through large regions of the nervous system.
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