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Anticholinergic Agents

Known as: Anti Cholinergics, Anticholinergics, Agents, Anticholinergic 
Any agent that binds to and blocks nicotinic and/or muscarinic receptors, thereby preventing the actions of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (Ach… 
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Anticholinergic [EPC]Autonomic AgentsCholinergic AntagonistsGalanin

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neuropharmacologic agentneurotransmitter antagonist

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Central effects of anticholergic drugs measured by the apomorphine gnawing test in mice.
Apomorphine in doses ranging from 10 up to 60 mg/kg given subcutaneously to mice induces only weak gnawing behaviour and 10 mg/kg… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Increased anticholinergic sensitivity following closed skull impact and controlled cortical impact traumatic brain injury in the rat.
Evidence suggests that prolonged memory deficits in several neurodegenerative diseases are attributable to deficits in central… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The use of intravesical oxybutynin chloride in children with neurogenic bladder.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Aging and atropine effects on spatial navigation in the Morris water task.
A recent animal model that has been particularly useful in the neurobiology of aging has been the age-related decline of spatial… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Pyrroloisoquinoline antidepressants. 2. In-depth exploration of structure-activity relationships.
A series of pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines, and related compounds, were examined for antidepressant-like activity, by virtue of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Side Effects and Placebo Amplification
Summary A sample of placebo-controlled tricyclic antidepressant studies was examined retrospectively to determine whether there… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Fluvoxamine and clomipramine in depressed patients A DOUBLE‐BLIND CLINICAL STUDY
In a double‐blind study we compared fluvoxamine, a new selective serotonin re‐uptake inhibitor, with clomipramine. In 36 female… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Compulsive, abnormal walking caused by anticholinergics in akinetic, 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats.
In otherwise profoundly akinetic rats that had been severely depleted of brain catecholamines, anticholinergic drugs caused… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Cholinergic underactivity in human memory disorders.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Urgency incontinence in the female.
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