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      4. Physiology
          4.2. Neurophysiology
              4.2.3. Acetylcholine
 4.2.3.1. Acetylcholine receptors
 1. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
 2. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

Acetylcholine receptors

[WG21:p101-103]

  • Two types of receptors
    * Muscarinic ACh receptors
    * Nicotinic ACh receptors
  • Both muscarinic and nicotinic types are found in large numbers in brain

 

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