Mario, a Professional Entertainer, Entered into a One-Year Contract with Barnum

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Mario, a professional entertainer, entered into a one-year contract with Barnum to perform exclusively at Barnum's theatre, and to perform nowhere else during that period of time. A week after the agreement was signed, Mario entered into another agreement with a competitor of Barnum to perform at his opera house. Barnum is entitled to treat Mario's actions as a breach of his contract.

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Definitions:

Ligand-gated

A type of ion channel that opens or closes in response to the binding of a chemical messenger (ligand), such as a neurotransmitter.

Neurotransmitter

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that transmit signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Neuroglial Cell

Supportive cells in the nervous system that provide structural and metabolic support to neurons.

Schwann Cell

A type of glial cell that wraps around nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system, forming the myelin sheath.