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In Addition to Its Role in Motor Behaviour Acetylcholine Has

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In addition to its role in motor behaviour acetylcholine has been suggested to be involved in attention, arousal, learning and memory and its degeneration related to Alzheimer's disease. Given what you have learned about the brain, in what structure would you expect to find a high percentage of acetylcholine receptors?


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