Betekenis van:
acetylcholine
acetylcholine
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- acetylcholine chloride
- It also inhibits the action of acetylcholine at the postganglionic nerve endings of the parasympathetic nervous system.
- Discussion of the specific advantages: betanechol is a muscarinic cholinergic agonist that stimulates acetylcholine receptors on gastrointestinal smooth muscles, causing them to contract.
- Discussion of the specific advantages: Metoclopramide is a substituted benzamide with several mechanisms of action: (1) it is a dopamine receptor antagonist; (2) it augments the release of acetylcholine from intrinsic cholinergic neurons and (3) it has adrenergic blocking activity.