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cholinergic nerve |
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cholinergic nerve, a nerve that releases the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at its synapse. The cholinergic nerves include all the preganglionic sympathetic and preganglionic parasympathetic nerves, the postganglionic parasympathetic nerves, the somatic motor nerves to skeletal muscles, and some nerves to sweat glands and to certain blood vessels. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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nbsp;of the cholinergic nerve fibers, has also been used successfully to manage sialoceles. Increases in cholinergic nerve activity and cholinergic hypersensitivity are associated with asthma, and patients with asthma are hypersensitive to the bronchoconstricting actions of muscarinic agonists (3). d]) of HC-3 as in the mammalian brain, and by mid-pluteus 1, the concentration of binding sites relative to membrane protein was > 200 fmol/mg, comparable with mammalian brain regions that are enriched in cholinergic nerve terminals (Zahalka et al. |
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