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ELECTRICAL stimulation of a peripheral sensory nerve produces an increase in the rate at which acetylcholine (ACh) is liberated from the surface of the exposed contralateral somatosensory cortex1. Under light anaesthesia this procedure also evokes a smaller but more widespread release of ACh from the brain, probably by activating non-specific ascending pathways from the reticular formation2.
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COLLIER, B., MITCHELL, J. Release of Acetylcholine from the Cerebral Cortex during Stimulation of the Optic Pathway. Nature 210, 424–425 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210424a0
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