Mesh term Cholinergic Agents
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Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Acetylcholine Release Inhibitors
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinergic Antagonists
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Cholinesterase Reactivators
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