Acetylcholine

Jenna Cronin


 * 20 things you don't know about me, Acetylcholine **

1. Where I hang out most of the time: In the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. 2. I am responsible for: motor division of the somatic nervous system 3. I'm most similar to the drugs that help treat Alzheimer's disease such as Donepezil and Tacrine. 4. My favorite activity is: activating muscles in the body. 5. I hate it when: humans use poor motor skills. 6. The best thing about receptor sites is: the rich proteins they carry that bind with molecules. 7. When humans don't have enough of me: they may be associated with dementia. 8. In a choice between robots or zombies: zombies because they once contained neurotransmitters like myself, which allowed them to live. 9. The sucky thing about being a hormone: humans depend on me to keep their central nervous systems in order. 10. A really strange fact about me: I was once called Vagusstoff because I'm released from the Vagus nerve. 11. My favorite food and why: fruit, since it is good for the heart and body and helps to function. 12. I once dated a synapse, but it fell apart because: the synapse was too focused on passing signals to individual target cells. 13. Sleep is awesome because: I am the most important inducer of REM sleep. 14. A neuron walks into a bar and says: who wants to connect with me and form a network? 15. When humans have too much of me: they may experience paranoia or depression. 16. I was the first neurotransmitter discovered. 17. I'm involved with synaptic placitity, specifically in learning and short-term memory. 18. I carry impulses from a neuron to a muscle cell. 19. I am made from the precursor nutrient choline. 20. I was first identified in 1914 by Henry Hallett Dale for my actions on heart tissue.

1) Being tested in experiments in the lab in hopes so these crazy scientists can create a new medicine for Alzheimer's Disease.. be back later! 2) Hanging in the Peripheral Nervous System for the day. 3) Around for a bit, then enhancing some sensory perceptions when my human wakes up! 4) I will always keep the cholinergic system strong, because no one wants memory deficits! :) 5) Three big plans of travel in the Central Nervous system for the weekend: from the pons to thalamus and cortex, magnocellular forebrain nucleus to cortex, and through the septohippocampal. Wahoo I'm excited!!!
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 * Profile Pictures! :**
 * A body experiencing an intake of nicotine. The nicotine is binding to my receptors and the axon terminal. We're all just chillin.**

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 * Just transmitting messages from a muscle to different nerves in the body giving them the green light to carry out a physical activity. Great for us to all hang out together!**

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 * Again hanging with some good friends transmitting signals from a muscle to a neuron. Also entering some synaptic vesicles (full name neuromuscular junction) and signaling transmission.**



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 * Modeling for a website where I'm releasing from nerves which trigger the contraction of airway smooth muscles. Yeah I look good.**

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 * Me and my crew, the cholinergic agents, act as agonists and initiate stimulant type responses at the receptor site! It's always a good time.**

Sites Used: http://allpsych.com/psychology101/neurotransmitters.html http://www.longevity-and-antiaging-secrets.com/acetylcholine.html http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/synapse.html []