Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Drugs that inhibit cholinesterases. The neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE is rapidly hydrolyzed, and thereby inactivated, by cholinesterases. When cholinesterases are inhibited, the action of endogenously released acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses is potentiated. Cholinesterase inhibitors are widely used clinically for their potentiation of cholinergic inputs to the gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder, the eye, and skeletal muscles; they are also used for their effects on the heart and the central nervous system.
Year introduced: 1965
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Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.389.275, D27.505.519.625.120.300, D27.505.696.577.120.300
MeSH Unique ID: D002800
Entry Terms:
- Inhibitors, Cholinesterase
- Anti-Cholinesterase
- Anti Cholinesterase
- Anticholinesterase Agent
- Agent, Anticholinesterase
- Anticholinesterase Drug
- Drug, Anticholinesterase
- Cholinesterase Inhibitor
- Inhibitor, Cholinesterase
- Anticholinesterase
- Anticholinesterase Agents
- Agents, Anticholinesterase
- Anti-Cholinesterases
- Anti Cholinesterases
- Anticholinesterases
- Anticholinesterase Drugs
- Drugs, Anticholinesterase
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
- Inhibitors, Acetylcholinesterase
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor
- Inhibitor, Acetylcholinesterase
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Irreversible
- Inhibitors, Irreversible Cholinesterase
- Irreversible Cholinesterase Inhibitors
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Reversible
- Inhibitors, Reversible Cholinesterase
- Reversible Cholinesterase Inhibitors
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