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MeSH Heading: Cholinergic Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.625.120; D27.505.696.577.120
Unique ID: D018678
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018678
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term CHOLINERGIC EFFECT: use only for the cholinergic effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note: Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic neurons. The term cholinergic agents is sometimes still used in the narrower sense of MUSCARINIC AGONISTS, although most modern texts discourage that usage.
Entry Term(s): Acetylcholine Agent; Acetylcholine Agents; Cholinergic; Cholinergic Agent; Cholinergic Drug; Cholinergic Drugs; Cholinergic Effect; Cholinergic Effects; Cholinergics; Cholinomimetic; Cholinomimetics; Muscarinic; Muscarinic Agent; Muscarinic Agents; Muscarinic Effect; Muscarinic Effects; Muscarinics; Nicotinic Agent; Nicotinic Agents; Nicotinic Effect; Nicotinic Effects
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QV 124
See Also: Botulinum Toxins; Bungarotoxins
Public MeSH Note: 95; was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94; NICOTINIC AGENTS was see GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS 1978-94; CHOLINOMIMETICS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1974-94; MUSCARINIC AGENTS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1969-94
Online Note: use PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS to search CHOLINERGIC AGENTS 1975-94, CHOLINOMIMETICS 1974-94, & MUSCARINIC AGENTS 1969-94; use GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS to search NICOTINIC AGENTS 1978-94
History Note: 95; was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1975-94; NICOTINIC AGENTS was see GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS 1978-94; CHOLINOMIMETICS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1974-94; MUSCARINIC AGENTS was see PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS 1969-94
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/29
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action [D27.505.519]
    - Neurotransmitter Agents [D27.505.519.625]

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696]
    - Neurotransmitter Agents [D27.505.696.577]

Cholinergic Agents Preferred

Concept UI: M0027988
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic neurons. The term cholinergic agents is sometimes still used in the narrower sense of MUSCARINIC AGONISTS, although most modern texts discourage that usage.
Terms: Cholinergic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T055605
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Cholinergic Agent
Term UI T000998676
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cholinergic
Term UI T000996296
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Acetylcholine Agent
Term UI T000998677
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cholinergic Drug
Term UI T000998678
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Acetylcholine Agents
Term UI T055606
Date05/02/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Cholinergic Drugs
Term UI T055607
Date03/22/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Cholinergics
Term UI T536263
Date03/21/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

Nicotinic Agents Narrower

Cholinomimetics Narrower

Muscarinic Agents Narrower

Concept UI: M0027985
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Muscarinic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T055602
Date04/06/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Muscarinic
Term UI T000996481
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Muscarinic Agent
Term UI T000998680
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Muscarinics
Term UI T536264
Date03/21/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

Cholinergic Effect Related

Nicotinic Effect Related

Muscarinic Effect Related

Cholinergic Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2024