Like some of the chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons. These agents may be lethal or non-lethal, and may be targeted against a single individual, a group of people, or even an entire population.
Acetylcholine is a chemical messenger, a neurotransmitter, released by nerve cells in many parts of the peripheral nervous system. It controls the contraction of all skeletal or voluntary muscles, for instance. It also affects the contraction of smooth and cardiac muscle.
Muscle contraction is stimulated through the following steps: Action potential generates release of acetylcholine. When an action potential of a neuron reaches the neuromuscular junction, the neuron secretes the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (Ach), which diffuses across the synaptic cleft.