After Transmission

• What happens once the new AP has been triggered?

  The acetylcholine is released from the sodium ion channels back into the synaptic cleft
• What does the enzyme do?

  Acetylcholinesterase (an enzyme) hydrolyses the acetylcholine into ethanoic acid and choline
• Equation?

  acetylcholine ---acetylcholinesterase---> ethanoic acid + choline