cholinergic
IPA: kʌɫaɪnɝdʒɪk
noun
- (biochemistry) Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
adjective
- (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine.
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Examples of "cholinergic" in Sentences
- Too much, and they become paralyzed -- that's called a cholinergic crisis.
- These drugs were shown to have anti-cholinergic effects at high concentration.
- The drugs in question are known as cholinergic agents, which interact with the brain to counter nicotine addiction.
- Note: Fexofenadine (Allegra) and cetirizine (Zyrtec) are antihistamines without anti-cholinergic effects, but may cause sedation.
- Anti-cholinergic Herbs: Numerous herbs and natural products have anti-cholinergic effects and may be more hazardous than medications.
- In addition, advanced age is associated with increased susceptibility to anti-cholinergic drugs because of a reduction in acetylcholine activity with age.
- As a result, those nerve fibers which secrete acetylcholine are referred to as cholinergic nerves and those which secrete norepinephrine are adrenergic nerves.
- And during the first few minutes you might have some symptoms which we call cholinergic symptoms, which are sweating, salivating, lacrimating, maybe some shortness of breath.
- The most common cause of such excessive sweating is overactivity of the nerves in the autonomic nervous system which control a host of glandular secretions – technically, the cholinergic nerves.
- In view of such exceptions, it seemed to me desirable to have a terminology enabling us to refer to a nerve fibre in terms of the chemical transmission of its effects, without reference to its anatomical origin; and, on this functional basis, I11 proposed to refer to nerve fibres and their impulses as "cholinergic" or "adrenergic", as the case might be.
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