What neurotransmitter stimulates skeletal muscle contraction?

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Mandira P.
Sep 16, 2017

The answer is acetylcholine .

Explanation:

In vertebrates, nerve terminals at neuro-muscular junctions release acetylcholine and corresponding receptors are present on the cell membrane of muscle cells.

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Attachment of acetylcholine to receptors on muscle cell membrane initiates influx of sodium, and subsequent changes leading to contraction of muscle cell .

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