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Cholinergic Agents

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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.  general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term CHOLINERGIC EFFECT: use only for the cholinergic effect of a chemical substance   
See Also Botulinum Toxins; Bungarotoxins
Examples Cholinergic Agonists; Cholinergic Antagonists; Cholinesterase Inhibitors; Cholinesterase Reactivators 		Other names Effects, Nicotinic; Effects, Muscarinic; Effects, Cholinergic; Effect, Nicotinic; Effect, Muscarinic; Effect, Cholinergic; Drugs, Cholinergic; Agents, Nicotinic; Agents, Muscarinic; Agents, Cholinergic; Agents, Acetylcholine; Nicotinic Effects; Nicotinic Effect; Muscarinics; Muscarinic Effects; Muscarinic Effect; Cholinergics; Cholinergic Effects; Cholinergic Effect; Cholinergic Drugs
Substances having this pharmacologic action: subecholine; Hemicholinium 3; Holothurin; imidacloprid; 192 IgG-saporin; bromantane
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
DUO 3O  0   *Pyridinium Compounds *Schiff Bases Cholinergic Agents. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2011 Feb;25(2):145-61
W84 compound  0   *Quaternary Ammonium Compounds *Phthalimides Cholinergic Agents. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2011 Feb;25(2):145-61
diazocyclohexadienoylpropyltrimethylammonium  0   *Diazonium Compounds Cholinergic Agents Photoaffinity Labels. Biochemistry 1999 Jun 8;38(23):7476-84
2-(3-pyridinyl)-1-azabicyclo(2.2.2)octane  0   *Pyridines *Quinuclidines Cholinergic Agents. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1998 Mar;284(3):886-94
P 128  0   Organic Chemicals Cholinergic Agents. Clin Neuropharmacol 1991;14(Suppl 1):S1
P 86-7493  0   Organic Chemicals Cholinergic Agents. Clin Neuropharmacol 1991;14(Suppl 1):S1
P 87-8184  0   Organic Chemicals Cholinergic Agents. Clin Neuropharmacol 1991;14(Suppl 1):S1

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