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Transferring messages from a motor neuron to a leg muscle requires the neurotransmitter known as

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Acetycholine (Ach)

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Acetylcholine is an excitatory neurotransmitter that can act on both neuronal synapses and motor plates that send signals to the muscles.

A neuromuscular junction is the junction between the terminal part of a motor axon (neuron) with a motor plate (or neuromuscular synapse), which is the region of the membrane plasmtic of a muscle fiber, where the meeting occurs. The nerve and muscle allowing to trigger muscle contraction. For this neuromuscular junction happens, it's necessary the acetycholine.

In motor plates (neuron - muscle), receptors in muscle fibers recognize acetylcholine as a sign of contraction.

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