A nursing instructor is planning a class for a group of nursing students about cholinergic drugs. When describing the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which of the following would the instructor most likely include about this enzyme? Select all that apply
A) Makes the parasympathetic nervous system function differently
B) Inactivates the neurotransmitter serotonin
C) Activates the neurotransmitter acetylcholine
D) Inactivates the neurotransmitter norepinephrine
E) Results in the prevention of nerve synapses to continue nerve impulses
Ans: A, E
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Acetylcholinesterase makes the parasympathetic nervous system function differently by inactivating the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, thereby preventing the nerve synapse from continuing the nerve impulse.
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