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Definition of Cholinergic
1. Adjective. Releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound.
Definition of Cholinergic
1. Adjective. (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, activated by, producing or having the same function as acetylcholine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cholinergic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cholinergic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholinergic
Literary usage of Cholinergic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Lapchak, PA; Beaudet, A. cholinergic regulation of vasoactive intestinal peptide
... The purpose of this study was to determine whether the cholinergic ..."
2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Central Nicotinic cholinergic Receptors: Pre- or Postsynaptic? ... Nicotine effects
on cholinergic and noncholinergic nicotinic receptors, as well as on the ..."
3. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Furthermore, some OP toxicants, including nerve agents, interact directly with
some cholinergic receptor subtypes with high affinity. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"It was very high initially with cholinergic nerve stimulation (0.105 /il/min/mg
of gland) but within 10 min fell to levels of about 0.06-0.05; these levels ..."
5. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive and by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"Activation of the stress response and inhibition of the cholinergic nervous ...
Inhibition of cholinergic systems during acute stress slows gut motility and ..."
6. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"Perhaps the most common nerve type in the body is cholinergic, ie they release
... Hyperactive cholinergic synapses produce an array of observable symptoms ..."
7. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Cell cultures represent an excellent system in which to study trophic influences
of growth factors and other compounds, as the cholinergic neurons are ..."
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