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  • Thumbnail for Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
    junctions, which are rich in acetylcholine receptors. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are one of two types of cholinesterase inhibitors; the other being butyryl-cholinesterase...
    26 KB (2,386 words) - 14:39, 28 May 2024
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    Botulinum toxin (category Acetylcholine release inhibitors)
    commercially for medical and cosmetic purposes. Botulinum toxin is an acetylcholine release inhibitor and a neuromuscular blocking agent. The seven main types of...
    116 KB (11,620 words) - 19:28, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Acetylcholine
    Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic compound that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals (including humans) as a neurotransmitter. Its...
    38 KB (4,232 words) - 12:54, 20 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
    Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, or nAChRs, are receptor polypeptides that respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Nicotinic receptors also respond...
    47 KB (4,776 words) - 23:03, 16 July 2024
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    accommodates the positive quaternary amine of acetylcholine as well as other cationic substrates and inhibitors. The cationic substrates are not bound by...
    35 KB (3,880 words) - 16:55, 22 July 2024
  • muscarinic receptors (thus mimicking acetylcholine), or indirectly by inhibiting cholinesterase, promoting acetylcholine release, or other mechanisms. Common...
    7 KB (618 words) - 06:38, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cholinesterase inhibitor
    Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), also known as anti-cholinesterase, are chemicals that prevent the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or butyrylcholine...
    13 KB (1,105 words) - 12:13, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Acetylcholine receptor
    An acetylcholine receptor (abbreviated AChR) or a cholinergic receptor is an integral membrane protein that responds to the binding of acetylcholine, a...
    13 KB (1,300 words) - 18:52, 8 May 2024
  • the action of the acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmitter at synapses in the central and peripheral nervous system. These agents inhibit the parasympathetic...
    25 KB (2,388 words) - 05:24, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reuptake inhibitor
    Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) inhibitor – vesamicol Vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT) inhibitor – reserpine, tetrabenazine Releasing agent...
    19 KB (1,909 words) - 02:26, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
    roles, including acting as the main end-receptor stimulated by acetylcholine released from postganglionic fibers. They are mainly found in the parasympathetic...
    31 KB (2,707 words) - 09:11, 16 June 2024
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    Galantamine (category Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors)
    cholinesterase inhibitor in all areas of the body. By inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, it increases the concentration and thereby action of acetylcholine in certain...
    36 KB (3,221 words) - 16:34, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cholinergic
    altering, or releasing acetylcholine, or butyrylcholine ("indirect-acting"), or mimicking their behaviours at one or more of the body's acetylcholine receptor...
    9 KB (965 words) - 13:45, 21 December 2023
  • Taipoxin (category Acetylcholine release inhibitors)
    phospholipase A2 (PLA2) toxins, which inhibit/complete block the release of the motor transmitter acetylcholine and lead to death by paralysis of the...
    17 KB (2,007 words) - 00:03, 27 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for End-plate potential
    vesicles carrying neurotransmitters (mostly acetylcholine) are exocytosed and the contents are released into the neuromuscular junction. These neurotransmitters...
    21 KB (2,775 words) - 08:01, 8 May 2024
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    Edrophonium (category Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors)
    acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. It prevents breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and acts by competitively inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase...
    7 KB (612 words) - 08:21, 12 August 2023
  • (S1P-104, S1P-205, Lorexys, Orexa) – norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, 5-HT2A receptor antagonist, α1-adrenergic...
    5 KB (332 words) - 23:42, 10 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Enzyme inhibitor
    inhibition the substrate and inhibitor cannot bind to the enzyme at the same time.: 134  This usually results from the inhibitor having an affinity for the...
    104 KB (11,579 words) - 12:06, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4
    autoreceptors for acetylcholine. Activation of M4 receptors inhibits acetylcholine release in the striatum. The M2 subtype of acetylcholine receptor functions...
    16 KB (1,853 words) - 03:12, 24 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Neuromuscular-blocking drug
    muscles. This is accomplished via their action on the post-synaptic acetylcholine (Nm) receptors. In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively...
    60 KB (6,864 words) - 18:25, 28 June 2024
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