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Receptors for the various neurotransmitters are located on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic nerve terminals of the neuron.
Receptors are nature's transducersâthey detect circulating hormones or substances released by nerve activity and elicit a biological response.Our research centers on specialized types of receptors called synaptic receptors, found on the surfaces of cells in close proximity to nerve terminals.f the receptor is located on a muscle cell, the impulse triggers contraction. Whereas if it is on a nerve cell, it causes release of transmitter substance on yet another cell. In this way, excitable cells communicate throughout the body by means of specialized pairs of neurotransmitter substances and receptors.