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Patent Granted Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, or nAChRs, are neuron receptor proteins that signal for muscular contractions upon a chemical stimulus. They are cholinergic receptors that form ligand-gated ion channels in the plasma membranes of certain neurons and on the presynaptic and postsynaptic sides of the neuromuscular junction.