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muscarinic

[ muhs-kuh-rin-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to muscarine.
  2. related to or imitating the action of muscarine on neurons, especially in blocking cholinergic effects.


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All nerve agent victims are given atropine, which blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

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The drug is a combination of UMEC, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and VI, a long-acting beta agonist, in a single inhaler.

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Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid, which means that it contains the heterocyclic tropane group, making it somewhat similar in structure to atropine, which as we have seen is a commonly used antagonist of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

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Christopoulous has suggested that this strategy might work against the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, a promising target for the treatment of cognitive deficits that has so far proved undruggable.

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The drug, Anoro, is an inhaled combination of vilanterol, a long-acting beta-agonist that is designed to open the airways, and umeclidinium, a long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist, which works to improve lung function.

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