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Preferred term

Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants.

Entry terms

  • Curare-Like Agents
  • Curariform Drugs
  • Muscle Relaxants, Non-Depolarizing
  • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Competitive
  • Nondepolarizing Blockers

In other languages

  • French

  • Curarisants acétylcholino-compétitifs
  • Curarisants acétylcholinocompétitifs
  • Inhibiteurs neuromusculaires non dépolarisants
  • Myorelaxants non dépolarisants

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