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Bethanechol

Known as: Carbamyl-beta-methylcholine, 2-Carbamoyloxypropyl-trimethylazanium, Carbamoyl-beta-methylcholine 
A slowly hydrolyzing muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Bethanechol is generally used to increase smooth muscle tone, as in the GI tract… 
National Institutes of Health

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31 relations
Abnormalities, Drug-InducedBethanechol ChlorideBethanechol Chloride 10 MG Oral TabletBethanechol Chloride 25 MG Oral Tablet

Broader (3)

CholineMuscarinic AgonistsParasympathomimetic Agents

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DuvoidMyo HermesMyotonachol

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in postoperative intestinal smooth muscle dysfunction in rodents.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Relationship between locus coeruleus discharge rates and rates of norepinephrine release within neocortex as assessed by in vivo microdialysis
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Surgical manipulation of the gut elicits an intestinal muscularis inflammatory response resulting in postsurgical ileus.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathophysiologic mechanisms that lead to ileus after abdominal surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Study of electromechanical activity of the stomach in humans and in dogs with particular attention to tachygastria.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Muscarinic agonist binding and phospholipid turnover in brain.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Gastroesophageal reflux among severely retarded children.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Synaptic excitation and inhibition resulting from direct action of acetylcholine on two types of chemoreceptors on individual amphibian parasympathetic neurones
1. Synaptic transmission was studied in visually identified parasympathetic ganglion cells that modulate the heart beat of the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Genesis of basal sphincter pressure: effect of tetrodotoxin on lower esophageal sphincter pressure in opossum in vivo.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Concomitant changes in formaldehyde‐induced fluorescence of dopamine interneurones and in slow inhibitory post‐synaptic potentials of the rabbit superior cervical ganglion, induced by stimulation of…
1. Dopamine was identified by formaldehyde histochemistry and cytospectrofluorometry in the rabbit's superior cervical ganglion… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Pharmacological properties of cholinoceptive neurones in the medulla and pons of the cat
1. Iontophoretic application of acetylcholine to neurones in the medulla and pons of the unanaesthetized decerebrate cat excited… 
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