Affects of performance enhancing drugs

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Arii_bell

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on: Oct 27, 2014

Some athletes choose to take performance enhancing drugs to improve their endurance and performance. The normal neurotransmitter at neuromuscular junctions is acetylcholine (ACh).

If the player taking the "penalty shot" chooses to take a drug that would mimic ACh, predict what effect this will have on the synapse.

Celeste

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Reply #1 on: May 22, 2019

See if these topics help:

https://biology-forums.com/index.php?topic=64375.0
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