Like some of the chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons. These agents may be lethal or non-lethal, and may be targeted against a single individual, a group of people, or even an entire population.
Acetylcholine is a chemical messenger, a neurotransmitter, released by nerve cells in many parts of the peripheral nervous system. It controls the contraction of all skeletal or voluntary muscles, for instance. It also affects the contraction of smooth and cardiac muscle.
Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase at the Neuromuscular Junction I. Background Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter used at the neuromuscular junction to generate muscle contractions. Acetylcholine (ACh) is released when an action potential reaches the axon terminus of a motor neuron.his Ca 2+ triggers the movement of ACh filled vesicles to the pre-synaptic nerve cell membrane and the exocytotic release of ACh. ACh then diffuses across the neuromuscular junction and binds to its receptor on the post-synaptic cell membrane (in this case, the plasma membrane of the muscle cell).