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I was wondering if you could please answer this question - What are excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi S
Neurotransmitters stimulate a neuron to began or stop a depolarization wave(nerve impulse). They are secreted at the synapse. The nerve impulse stops at the synapse and the secretion of acetlycholine redirects the inpulse be exciting the dendrite on the next nerve. Enzymes like acetlycholine are excitatory.. The enzyme acetylcholinesterase degrades acetlycholine to prepare for the next impulse. It is an inhibitory neurotransmitter
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