Sleep plays a vital role in good health and well-being throughout your life. Getting enough quality sleep at the right times can help protect your mental health, physical health, quality of life, and safety. The way you feel while you're awake depends in part on what happens while you're sleeping.
Receptors for the various neurotransmitters are located on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic nerve terminals of the neuron.
The neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, once it has diffused into the synapse, binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are found in the motor end plate. These receptors are ligand-gated ion channels, and once acetylcholine has binded to the receptors, it causes the channels to open.