Complex sentence: By contrast, this junction in the sympathetic division does not tend to use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter (instead, norepinephrine is used), and therefore neither muscarinic nor nicotinic receptors are involved, but rather adrenergic α 1 and β 1 receptors.
Split into simpler sentences: By contrast, this junction in the sympathetic division mostly does not use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter; instead, norepinephrine is used. Therefore neither muscarinic nor nicotinic receptors are involved, but rather adrenergic α 1 and β 1 receptors.