vomiting. Since the stomach relies on a uniform muscle movement in order to digest food (peristalsis), introducing a toxin that disrupts normal muscle movement will cause the cramping and pain sensation in a person’s gastrointestinal tract. Although this toxin is interfering with neuromuscular signaling, all of the pain signaling pathways are still fully functional since they work with a different set of neurotransmitters and pathways. Inhibition of the neuromuscular junction does not always negatively affect an organism. Some drugs used today purposely inhibit neuromuscular junction functions. The drug class that works as an acetylcholine antagonist is called an anticholinergic. This means that it blocks the acetylcholine receptors in the
