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Peripheral Nervous System Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Tree Number(s)
D27.505.696.663
Unique ID
D018373
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018373
Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECT: use only for the peripheral nervous system effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note
Drugs that act principally at one or more sites within the peripheral neuroeffector systems, the autonomic system, and motor nerve-skeletal system. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p75)
Entry Version
PNS AGENTS
Entry Term(s)
Peripheral Nervous System Drugs
Peripheral Nervous System Effect
Peripheral Nervous System Effects
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
QV 76.5
Public MeSH Note
98
History Note
98; use explode 1995-97
Date Introduced
1998/01/01
Last Updated
2011/06/24
Peripheral Nervous System Agents Preferred
Peripheral Nervous System Effect Related
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