Question

Is the function of acetylcholine in the central nervous system to transmit impulses between neurons, prevent an action potential from occurring, slow down the transmission of nerve impulses, or to maintain a resting potential?

Answer 1

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✔️Acetylcholine would bind to various receptors (either inhibitory or excitatory) on the postsynaptic neuron's dendrites to create either EPSP's or initiate biochemical mechanisms namely starting with G-proteins.

✔️Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that mainly interacts with receptors at the NMJ in cardiovascular muscle (parasympathetic innervation) and skeletal muscle.

✔️It wouldn't prevent an action potential from occurring, because an action potential is a function of a VGNaC opening, and generally doesn't have much to do with neurotransmitters.

✔️It wouldn't maintain a resting potential, because that is the function of various ion pumps and channels around the neuronal membrane.

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Answer 2

✔️Acetylcholine would bind to various receptors (either inhibitory or excitatory) on the postsynaptic neuron's dendrites to create either EPSP's or initiate biochemical mechanisms namely starting with G-proteins.

✔️Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that mainly interacts with receptors at the NMJ in cardiovascular muscle (parasympathetic innervation) and skeletal muscle.

✔️It wouldn't prevent an action potential from occurring, because an action potential is a function of a VGNaC opening, and generally doesn't have much to do with neurotransmitters.

✔️It wouldn't maintain a resting potential, because that is the function of various ion pumps and channels around the neuronal membrane.