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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 11, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Acetylcholine. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - Developing Expertise in Neuroscience - Neurotransmitters: Acetylcholine. | Aug 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Neuron - Acetylcholine as a Neuromodulator: Cholinergic Signaling Shapes Nervous System Function and Behavior. | Jan 07, 2025 | ||
| Cross-references added and article restructured. | Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston - Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy - Acetylcholine Neurotransmission. | Jun 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Neural Circuits - Cellular, Synaptic and Network Effects of Acetylcholine in the Neocortex. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Duke University - The Effects of Acetylcholine. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Acetylcholine. | Oct 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - Neurotransmitters- Acetylcholine. | Aug 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Acetylcholine (ACh). | Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - How Acetylcholine Functions in Your Body. | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Acetylcholine Supplements: Benefits, Side Effects, and Types. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Added mention that acetylcholine has both excitatory and inhibitory effects. | May 12, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: GoodTherapy - Acetylcholine. | Jul 13, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Acetylcholine. | Mar 26, 2018 | ||
| Added an illustration of a cholinergic channel receptor that binds acetylcholine. | Aug 19, 2015 | ||
| Added information about the actions of acetylcholine, about the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, and about the discovery of acetylcholine. | Aug 19, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - Acetylcholine. | Jul 02, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Acetylcholine. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| Article revised. | May 04, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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