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Cholinergic Agents

Known as: Drugs, Cholinergic, cholinergic agent, Agents, Cholinergic 
Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE… 
National Institutes of Health

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192 IgG-saporinAcetylcholineArecolineCarbachol
Autonomic AgentsBotulinum ToxinsBungarotoxinsIn Blood

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Pharmaceutical Preparationsneuropharmacologic agent

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effects of Intrathecal α1- and α2-Noradrenergic Agonists and Norepinephrine on Locomotion in Chronic Spinal Cats
Chau, Connie, Hugues Barbeau, and Serge Rossignol. Effects of intrathecal α1- and α2-noradrenergic agonists and norepinephrine on… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Nicotinic antagonists enhance process outgrowth by rat retinal ganglion cells in culture.
Functional nicotinic cholinergic receptors are found on mammalian retinal ganglion cell neurons in culture. The neurotransmitter… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cholinergic agonist and antagonist drugs modulate the growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing hormone in the rat: evidence for mediation by somatostatin.
Recently, data have been presented showing that muscarinic cholinergic agonists or antagonists can modulate, in opposite ways, GH… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
In Vivo Regulation of [3H]Acetylcholine Recognition Sites in Brain by Nicotinic Cholinergic Drugs
Abstract: The in vivo regulation of [3H]acetylcholine ([3H]ACh) recognition sites on nicotinic receptors in rat ‐ brain was… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Seizure-related brain damage induced by cholinergic agents
Distinctive acute brain damage involving limbic and related brain regions develops in adult rats following sustained limbic… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Adenylate cyclase activity of synaptic membranes from rat striatum. Inhibition by muscarinic receptor agonists.
Acetylcholine inhibits, by 30-40%, the basal adenylate cyclase activity of purified synaptic plasma membranes prepared from rat… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Relationship Between Ca2+ Uptake and Catecholamine Secretion in Primary Dissociated Cultures of Adrenal Medulla
Abstract: Carbachol or elevated K+ stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake into chromaffin cells two‐ to fourfold. The uptake was stimulated by… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Cholinergic receptor interactions and their effects on long-term memory processing
Review
1972
Review
1972
Intracranial chemical injection and behavior: a critical review.
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
The effect of dietary composition on pancreatic enzymes.
The ability of the pancreas to alter its external secretion by increasing the output of any given enzyme or enzymes in relation… 
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