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Yes it does. Acetylcholine decreases the heart rate. It acts on the muscarinic (m2) receptor which decreases the activity of adenylate cyclase. This in turn decreases the production of cycliac AMP -> decreases the amount of protein kinase a activated -> decreases the amount of calcuim entry -> decreased activity of myocytes in heart- which results in decreased permeability of l type voltaged gated calcuim channels and decreases the length of time they are open for -> decreased calcuim levels -> decreased heart rate.

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