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Preferred term

Cholinergic Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic neurons. The term cholinergic agents is sometimes still used in the narrower sense of MUSCARINIC AGONISTS, although most modern texts discourage that usage.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acetylcholine Agent
  • Acetylcholine Agents
  • Cholinergic
  • Cholinergic Agent
  • Cholinergic Drug
  • Cholinergic Drugs
  • Cholinergics

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GQQW85BX-V

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