Activity of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is brief because it
A) is pumped out of the synaptic cleft by the sodium- potassium pump.
B) is transported back into the presynaptic neuron.
C) diffuses out of the synaptic cleft.
D) is rapidly broken down by enzymes in the synaptic cleft.
E) "self- destructs" shortly after leaving the presynaptic neuron.
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