Pharmacologic Substance
cholinergic agent
cho·lin·er·gic a·gent
Subclass of:
Neurotransmitter Agents
Definitions related to cholinergic agents:
  • Drug used for its actions in stimulating cholinergic systems.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Cholinergic drug, any of various drugs that inhibit, enhance, or mimic the action of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, the primary transmitter of nerve impulses within the parasympathetic nervous system--i.e., that part of the autonomic nervous system that contracts smooth muscles, dilates blood...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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