latrotoxin produced by widow spiders causes several effects, one if which is to increase the release of ACh at the synaptic cleft. what effect do you think this action would hae on muscel fibers

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Sammy Whitehead

3 February, 01:34

latrotoxin produced by widow spiders causes several effects, one if which is to increase the release of ACh at the synaptic cleft. what effect do you think this action would hae on muscel fibers

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Raul Diaz · Answer 1

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter, that is, this substance transmits information from one neuron to another. It is stored in vesicles in the presynaptic neuron, and is secreted during an electrical impulse in the synapse (space between two neurons). Then, it will bind to the receptors of the end of the second neuron to propagate this influx before being recaptured by its original end.

The effects are:

Flaccid paralysis,

Respiratory failure,

Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system with: salivation, bronchorrhea, miosis, sweat,