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Muscarinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists [PDF]
Molecules, 2001 A comprehensive review of pharmacological and medical aspects of the muscarinic class of acetylcholine agonists and antagonists is presented. The therapeutic benefits of achieving receptor subtype selectivity are outlined and applications in the ...
David R. Kelly, Kenneth J. Broadley
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Efficacy and Safety of DA-8010, a Novel M3 Antagonist, in Patients With Overactive Bladder: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2 Study [PDF]
International Neurourology Journal, 2022 Purpose DA-8010 is a novel muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist with significant selectivity for bladder over salivary gland in preclinical studies. We evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of DA-8010 in overactive bladder (OAB) patients.
Hee Seo Son +12 more
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Multitargeting nature of muscarinic orthosteric agonists and antagonists
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Muscarinic receptors (mAChRs) are typical members of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family and exist in five subtypes from M1 to M5. Muscarinic receptor subtypes do not sufficiently differ in affinity to orthosteric antagonists or agonists ...
Jaromir Myslivecek
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Biomedicines, 2023 Psychosis that occurs over the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with increased caregiver burden and a more rapid cognitive and functional decline.
Heidy Jimenez +9 more
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Toxins, 2021 Arecoline is one of the nicotinic acid-based alkaloids, which is found in the betel nut. In addition to its function as a muscarinic agonist, arecoline exhibits several adverse effects, such as inducing growth retardation and causing developmental ...
Petrus Siregar +10 more
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Is there a rationale and role for long-acting anticholinergic bronchodilators in asthma? [PDF]
, 2014 The authors acknowledge the medical writing assistance received from Sam Yarwood, PhD, of Complete HealthVizion, in the form of literature searches and preparation and revision of the draft manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Fromer, Leonard +4 more
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Alterations in histamine responses between juvenile and adult urinary bladder urothelium, lamina propria and detrusor tissues [PDF]
, 2020 Inflammatory mediators may have a role in various lower urinary tract disorders. Histamine is known to induce significant increases in both the tension and frequency of spontaneous phasic contractions in both urothelium with lamina propria (U&LP) and
Chess-Williams, Russ +2 more
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Communications Biology, 2021 Katayama et al. report a vibrational spectroscopic study using ATR–FTIR of the human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2R). Their work involves an extensive comparison of agonists, antagonists, and inverse agonists, in which they show that they C ...
Kota Katayama +8 more
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A Cholinergic Synaptically Triggered Event Participates in the Generation of Persistent Activity Necessary for Eye Fixation [PDF]
, 2004 An exciting topic regarding integrative properties of the nervous system is how transient motor commands or brief sensory stimuli are able to evoke persistent neuronal changes, mainly as a sustained, tonic action potential firing.
Alvarado, Juan Carlos +5 more
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and new treatment strategies are clearly needed. The recent discovery that lung and other cancers synthesize and secrete acetylcholine (ACh) which acts as an autocrine growth factor suggests that
Therapy Pingfang Song, Eliot R. Spindel
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