cholinergic
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- adjective
- /ˌkoʊlɪˈnɜrdʒɪk/
- Specialized
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colinérgico
- Too much cholinergic activity has been shown to cause a psychotic state very similar to schizophrenia.
- cholinergic receptors
- cholinergic stimulation
Not surprisingly then drugs that increase cholinergic or acetylcholine transmission will increase focus and cognition.
- Not surprisingly then drugs that increase cholinergic or acetylcholine transmission will increase focus and cognition.
- Your sleep tends to be shorter duration but actually higher quality and part of that could be the cholinergic nervous system.
Examples
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The basal forebrain, which is a cholinergic structure, when active, contributes to wakefulness and REM sleep.
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Your sleep tends to be shorter duration but actually higher quality and part of that could be the cholinergic nervous system.
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Hopson, as you know, had found that cholinergic cells here fire during REM sleep.
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Patients with asthma have increased bronchial smooth muscle tone and mucus hypersecretion, possibly the result of increased cholinergic activity.
Academic text (2017) -
Pilocarpine is a naturally occurring alkaloid with cholinergic properties that acts as an agonist at muscarinic receptors.
Academic text (1999) -
Saliva secretion is the result of cholinergic stimulation of muscarinic receptors within the salivary glands.
Academic text (1999) -
Saliva secretion is the result of cholinergic stimulation of muscarinic receptors within the salivary glands.
Antonyms
How Parasympathetic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
cholinergic = choline (semi-transparent) = choline + ergic
Formally composed of 'choline' + the scientific adjective-forming suffix '-ergic'; the orthographic change (loss of the final 'e') and the specialized suffix make it less transparent to general learners.
Etymology
Cholinergic comes from choline, a body chemical, plus the ending -ergic, which means 'working with' or 'activated by' and is like the idea in allergic ('reacting to' something). So, cholinergic means 'activated by' acetylcholine, the messenger chemical, which is why we use it for nerves or drugs that work with that chemical.