How is information transmitted across a chemical synapse?

By neurotransmitters. At a neuromuscular junction, the neurotransmitter is Acetylcholine released from vesicles in the pre-synaptic neurone. Receptors on the muscle cell surface bind acetylcholine in the process allowing the entry of sodium into the cell. 

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