Ganglionic Stimulants:

Terms Related to Ganglionic Stimulants

• Parasympathomimetic Agents

  Drugs that mimic the effects of parasympathetic nervous system activity. Included here are drugs that directly stimulate muscarinic receptors and drugs that potentiate cholinergic activity, ...

• Nicotinic Cholinergic Agonist

  Drugs that bind to and activate nicotinic cholinergic receptors (RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC). Nicotinic agonists act at postganglionic nicotinic receptors, at neuroeffector junctions in the peripheral nervous ...

• Ganglionic Blocking Agents

  Agents having as their major action the interruption of neural transmission at nicotinic receptors on postganglionic autonomic neurons. Because their actions are so broad, including ...