cholinergic

Speech parts

1. cholinergic - Noun

2. cholinergic - Adjective

Meaning

releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dopamine norepinephrine epinephrine adrenergic anticholinergic acetylcholine histamine serotonin melatonin tyramine tryptamine dopaminergic noradrenergic phenethylamine histaminergic
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Antonyms

anticholinergic

Phrases with the word

cholinergic nerve cholinergic activity anti-cholinergic

Examples

A very important projection comes from the medial septal area, which sends cholinergic and GABAergic fibers to all parts of the hippocampus. Source: Internet

Partly because of its muscle-activating function, but also because of its functions in the autonomic nervous system and brain, a large number of important drugs exert their effects by altering cholinergic transmission. Source: Internet

Recently, two types of neuropeptide-y expressing GABAergic interneurons have been described in detail, citation one of which translates synchronous activity of cholinergic interneurons into inhibition of principal neurons. Source: Internet

Increasing cholinergic stimulation also may act through subtle trophic effects on brain developmental processes and particularly on oligodendrocytes and the lifelong myelination process they support. Source: Internet

This property means that drugs that affect cholinergic systems can have very dangerous effects ranging from paralysis to convulsions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cholick choline cholinephosphotransferase cholinergic activity cholinergic nerve cholinergic urticaria