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It is known that at least two different mediators (acetylcholine and a non-cholinergic transmitter) are responsible for the excitatory transmission occurring between neurones in the ganglia of the mollusc Aplysia. It has now been shown, by the use of selectively blocking chemicals, that excitatory synapses using different mediators sometimes co-exist on the same neurone.
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GERSCHENFELD, H., ASCHER, P. & TAUC, L. Two Different Excitatory Transmitters acting on a Single Molluscan Neurone. Nature 213, 358–359 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213358a0
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