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Descriptor English:   Cholinergic Agents 
Descriptor Spanish:   Colinérgicos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Colinérgicos 
Synonyms English:   Acetylcholine Agents
Agents, Acetylcholine
Agents, Cholinergic
Agents, Muscarinic
Agents, Nicotinic
Cholinergic Drugs
Cholinergic Effect
Cholinergic Effects
Cholinergics
Cholinomimetics
Drugs, Cholinergic
Effect, Cholinergic
Effect, Muscarinic
Effect, Nicotinic
Effects, Cholinergic
Effects, Muscarinic
Effects, Nicotinic
Muscarinic Agents
Muscarinic Effect
Muscarinic Effects
Muscarinics
Nicotinic Agents
Nicotinic Effect
Nicotinic Effects  
Tree Number:   D27.505.519.625.120
D27.505.696.577.120
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term CHOLINERGIC EFFECT: use only for the cholinergic effect of a chemical substance
See Related English:   Botulinum Toxins
Bungarotoxins
 
History Note English:   95; was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94; NICOTINIC AGENTS was see GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS 1978-94; CHOLINOMIMETICS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1974-94; MUSCARINIC AGENTS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1969-94 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AN analysis BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CS chemical synthesis
CH chemistry CL classification
EC economics HI history
IM immunology IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism PK pharmacokinetics
PD pharmacology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects ST standards
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TO toxicity UR urine
Record Number:   32309 
Unique Identifier:   D018678 

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