cholinergic
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Collins Definition
Adjective
Relating to or denoting nerve cells in which acetylcholine acts as a neurotransmitter,
/ˌkōləˈnərjik/,
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Relating to or denoting nerve cells in which acetylcholine acts as a neurotransmitter,
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Relating to or denoting nerve cells in which acetylcholine acts as a neurotransmitter
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Releasing or responding to acetylcholine
Web Definitions:
- releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound
- Cholinergic means related to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and is typically used in a neurological perspective. The parasympathetic nervous system is entirely cholinergic. ...
- the parts of the nervous system that use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter.
- resembling acetylcholine, especially in physiological action. Cholinergic symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache and sweating.
- stimulating or augmenting the transmission of nerve impulses (acetylcholine is an important agent of neurotransmission across synapses).
- Referring to synaptic transmission mediated by acetylcholine.
- Describes neurons or synapses that produce and release acetylcholine.
- 1. Of or relating to nerve fibers that are stimulated to free acetylcholine at a synapse. 2. An agent that frees acetylcholine.