"Receptors, Cholinergic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Cell surface proteins that bind acetylcholine with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. Cholinergic receptors are divided into two major classes, muscarinic and nicotinic, based originally on their affinity for nicotine and muscarine. Each group is further subdivided based on pharmacology, location, mode of action, and/or molecular biology.
| Descriptor ID |
D011950
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.720.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, Cholinergic- Receptors, Cholinergic
- Receptors, Acetylcholine
- Cholinoceptive Sites
- Sites, Cholinoceptive
- Receptors, ACh
- Cholinergic Receptors
- ACh Receptors
- Acetylcholine Receptors
- Cholinoceptors
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