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Transmission of Acetylcholine

Mechanism of Synaptic Transmission

Acetylcholine Receptor

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Acetylcholine is an ester of acetic acid and choline, with the chemical formula CH3COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3

 

Its structural chemical name is 2-(acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium

 

 

 

The synthesis of Acetylcholine by the enzyme choline acetyltransferase occurs in certain neurons

Neurons Are Responsible for Thought and Memory

Taken from: www.home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/ opre640/partXIII.htm

The synthesis of Acetylcholine occurs in the cytoplasm of nerve endings

 

 

 

 

 

Acetylchoiline is synthesised from the compounds choline and acetyl-CoA.

Taken from: www.med.unibs.it/ ~marchesi/nerves.html