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| Arecoline: Mechanism, Used for?, comes from? arecoline -> ? |
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| parasympathomimetic/agonist at muscarine receptors agonist at nicotinic ganglionic receptors, Anthelminthic, Betel, Aceclidine. |
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| Aceclidine: Mechanism, used for (treatment), comes from?, ? -> Areclidine. |
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| parasympathomimetic/agonist at muscarinic receptors, treats glacoma, arecoline, comes from betel nut. |
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| Gabitril; Mechanism, comes from?, Used for? ? -> Gabitril. |
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Definition
| GABA re-uptake inhibitor in CNS yields an increase in GABA levels at receptor, treats seizures, betel nut, nipecotic acid. |
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| When was nipecotic acid first isolated from betel nut? |
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| Betel Nut: where? Used for what? Origin? |
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| Tree in wet forests of South Asia, Originated in Sulawesi, digestive by increasing salivary and intestinal secretions, energizer/euphoretic, antihelminthic (treats stomach worms). |
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| NT, released from preganglionic nerve fibers of parasympathetic NS and sympathetic NS, and postganglionic nerve fibers of parasympathetic NS and non-muscarine exocrine/sweat glands. |
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Definition
| enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. |
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| Anticholinesterase: Give just one example? |
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Definition
| Compounds, like physostigmine, that inhibit acetylcholineesterase resulting in an accumulation of acetylcholine in synapse. |
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Definition
| having action similar to acetylcholine in cholinergic nerve fibers. |
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| parasympathomimetic: give three examples |
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Definition
| compounds like: muscarine, pilocarpine,arecoline, physostigmine, whose actions have an effect that is similar to the stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system. Similar to cholinomimetic. |
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Definition
| producing effects that resembles postganglionic parasympathetic receptor stimulation. |
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| Cholinergic blockers: give one example |
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Definition
| compounds like atropine and scopolamine that inhibit the action of parasympathetic and/or other cholinergic fibers. |
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Term
| Sympathomimetic: Give an example. |
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Definition
| Compounds (exogenous epinephrine, ephedrine, or cocaine) whose actions have a physiological effect that is similar to the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. |
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| related to effects on nerve cells or fibers in the autonomic nervous system that use norepinephrine as their neurotransmitter. Molecules whose actions mimic the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. |
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Term
| Epinephrine: same as what? similar effects to what? |
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Definition
| Similar effects as norepinephrine, same as adrenaline. |
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| Norepinephrine: similar to what? |
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Definition
| epinephrine. A postganglionic adrenergic neurohormone. |
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Term
| adrenomimetic: give 2 examples |
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Definition
| compounds (e.g. ephedrine and cocaine) that have effects similar to epinephrine or norepinephrine. |
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